 Which is not a reason Ggaran might have asked a bowman to shoot a soldier in front of Crownwall?
A pair of guards, their purple hides smoothly polished and gleaming with oil, crossed their ceremonial pikes in front of him as he approached the entrance. The two guards withdrew their pikes and froze into immobility at the sides of the entrance. What I meant was that I expected someone from Earth to break through our blockade and come here. "If you wanted someone from Earth to come here to see you, why did you put the cordon around Earth? They had headed for that planet confidently and unsuspectingly, using the ion drive. "Could we have done anything else that would have kept you from landing on Earth and taking us over?" asked Crownwall.
 To punish the solider for his earlier misstep
 To show off his general power in the community  To give the bowman a chance to practice his skill  To punish the solider for his earlier misstep  To demonstrate the use of traditional weapons in political situations