"Sometimes person desires what you cannot give. It is not yours or it is something necessary to you. You offer object of same value." She shrugged. "It is our way. We are generous people."
Rhys peered up the steep slope past Darrel Franks s broad back to the spot the Tanaka ?-team was tentatively planning to drill their first bore. Nature had provided an entre through a cavern that already burrowed deep into the mountain's western flank. As geography would have it, the cave opened out onto a wide, flat ledge.
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"Even at an 80-20 split on the ore we'll extract," Darrel said, continuing the argument they'd been having since they left camp, "the Arkuit will get times more than they're using now. "
"They might use more if their smelting technology was more robust," observed Rhys, "and you could help them with that."
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"Isn't the Collective likely to take a dim view of us trading high -tech with these guys?" Darrel had reached the broad ledge at the cave mouth and turned back to face Rhys, who scrambled up after him.
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"High-tech? You consider a more durable smelting material high-tech?"
"The point is it's higher than their tech," said Darrel. "And as you note, if their smelters are improved, their use of the metal would increase. That's hardly to our advantage."
"But it might be to theirs. You're talking about intentionally keeping these people in the industrial dark ages so you can reap a profit."
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"I'm talking about putting Tanaka's interests first, professor. We're not harming the Arkuit, we're just not accelerating their progress."
