 What word doesn't describe Broderick?
"It is an outrage," said Koltan of the House of Masur, "that the Earthmen land among the Thorabians!" It is our strength and our fortune. "It is a damned imposition," agreed Morvan, ignoring his father's philosophical attitude. By this, he seemed to imply that the Thorabians would rob the Earthmen, which the Lorians would not. Such frank expression of motive was unheard of, even in the secret conclave of conference. However, they had Zotul to take it out upon, and they did. Zotul felt greatly cheered, for it refuted the attitude of his brothers without earning him a whaling for it. Accurate reporting, much less a newspaper, was unknown on Zur. The anti-Earthmen Faction—in any culture complex, there is always an "anti" faction to protest any movement of endeavor—crowed happily that the Earthmen were gone for good, and a good thing, too. In spite of the fact that a terrestrial ship had landed at every Zurian city of major and minor importance, and all in a single day, it took some time for the news to spread. In three years, more than a million had been made and sold by the Masurs alone, not counting the hundreds of thousands of copies turned out by competitors in every land. This, for some unknown reason and much to the disgust of the Lorians, was set up in Thorabia.
 selfish
 manipulative  patient  intelligent  selfish