"You're right about the ghem." Standard military and the haut were used as a strange way of social control, from his understanding of Cetaganda. The manual on Cetaganda had been thorough on what could be explained through text when he had to deal with them regularly for embassy duties.

"Volunteers agreed to gene therapy with a foreign power they have no understanding of?" And if his tone is anything to go by, Duv thinks this is incredibly idiotic. "I hadn't realized they built up enough trust with the exotics for them to trust what the haut claim they're doing."