Other than those cabbage growing wierdos in Speed Bump Stead.
> Indiscriminate killing by the Chief's Humakti undermines his
support.
> The Humakti might have no regrets, but the Chief has other concerns.
> Fortunately, the Chief has the resources to pay compensation, even
if
> the Humakti himself does not. Just like a hot headed son with a
wiser
> father in a bloodline. Of course, if the victim was a known
> troublemaker, the Chief might be glad to see him gone, and defend
the
> case on those grounds ('he was asking for it'). The killing then, in
> effect, becomes a police action by the Chief.
For some reason, there seems to be a parallel between the Chief's Humakti and the Chief's Trickster. Both are annoyingly beyond the Law and both are dangerous and he's got to pick up after both of them.
Jeff
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