"I think at some point the biological nature of the moths entered the common knowledge, but I don't think the fact that they were sapient did," Alaric replies. "The same applies to the necessity of the high calendar to the function of the mothdrive - lots of propaganda about why the drive justifies the remembrances, not much about why it requires them. The harness suppresses their higher mental functions, allowing them to be steered."
He looks around the table. "Which is a problem, for reasons that I hope should be obvious."
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Re: facts about moths
Date: 2018-11-01 12:30 am (UTC)He looks around the table. "Which is a problem, for reasons that I hope should be obvious."