 What is the Carstar thing?
And then, more loudly, "Men!" 'Secrecy makes for a long life,' as it says in the Jarcon ." You are thinking: 'What kind of a Festival can we have here on this ship?' "The arena in Koltah is the greatest arena in the whole system. People come from all over to behold it. "Well, the point I want to make is this: I just wanted to tell you that I know what a Festival should be, and the captain and I will do everything in our power to make our Casting Off as wonderful as any anywhere. While they were still cheering and stomping and otherwise expressing their enthusiasm and approval, Nestir walked off the speaker's platform and into the officer's corridor. Have you decided on this Carstar thing yet, Father?" "That," he said to Nestir, "my dear Father, is the cardinal point of the whole game, y'know." After all, it's not only a question of how we go, but also a question of leaving only after having done our duty. Anticipation can be a joy, y'know: almost equal to the very Reward. "This problem of Carstar interests me," the third mate said. "That," said Nestir, "is not at all like the Carstar case. "As I see it," Nestir said, "if the intent was the natural maternal instinct of the mother to release her child from its duty, then...."
 Someone was killed.
 Someone was killed.  A person attempted to avoid duty by hastening to the Reward.  There was questionable intent.  He had a very pretty wife.