Title: Rituals of Need
(Aun continues to prepare the pods as he talks to Chax.)
Aun: And sometimes they have things that you need, and you can’t explain that you may need it more than they do.
Chax: We do have to take some things against their will, just to survive. How do you deal with it?
Aun: Many of these things were negotiated by the Ancestors, in ages past. There are rituals you follow to make sure it’s fair to take.
Chax: For my part, the Craisht commands. The disobedient may perish...
(Some of the pods that Aun processed earlier start to shiver and make odd noises)
Aun: In this case... by taking more pods than usual, we are stretching part of the ritual.
I need to be sure that this won’t affect the quality of the eluctuant.
Chax: How will you tell?
