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VOYAGE TO FAR N'JURD So they made a few changes in their way of life—and many in their way of death! I "I don't see why we have to be here," a crewman said. And then, more loudly, "Men!" Then he blessed them and took out His knife and lay open their sores. Calex i pundendem hoy , my children. I know that as well as I know my own name, yes. You are thinking: 'What kind of a Festival can we have here on this ship?' You are thinking: 'What a fine thing—ah, what a good thing, that is—ah, how nice it would be to have the Casting Off at home, among friends.'" "Well, I just want to tell you: I come from Koltah. "The arena in Koltah is the greatest arena in the whole system. All of them together in the arena is a—uh, uh, well—a sight to behold. 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. "And I want to tell you that if you'll come to me with your suggestions, I'll do all I can to see that we do this thing just the way you want it done. I want you to be proud of this Casting Off Festival, so you can look back on it and say, uh, uh—this day was the real high point of your whole life!" Nestir bobbed his shiny head at them and beamed his cherubic smile. 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. "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. Really, now, I must say. The captain was not visibly cheered; he was still brooding about the sad absence of a sense of duty on the part of Nestir. "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...."
 Different city-states within the whole system.
 The land of Meizque.  The city-state of Koltah.  They all live aboard a ship.  Different city-states within the whole system.