> I suspect so. It's the kind of change we're seeing now in South Africa, where it'll take generations for the end of apartheid to really seep through all levels of culture and commerce and law.
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That turned fairly bloody at times, though.
> > > Priests don't take well to Nomead-possessed witches either.
> > What's the penalty for an off-world female killing a priest in a fair fight?
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> Death. For anyone to raise hands to a priest the penalty is death.
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Chiaki would definitely demand some sort of arbitration for that. She has never killed except in self defense. That includes being attacked by a priest.
> > First, I should point out that in all these cases the Caphans are either protecting their house or their status within the house. Those Caphan females without a house, as you pointed out in-story, are forbidden to defend themselves, let along challenge a man to a fight.
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> The Lemans can and do act as bodyguards and are expected to fight. Some are extremely well trained, a few with non-traditional offworld weapons like firearms and robots.
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Even so, they are protecting someone else, or themselves as "property". Chiaki's concept of protecting herself on principle would be fairly new.
> > On those grounds, it might turn into a sticky proposition when Chiaki not only defends herself, but is willing to threaten heavily armed men with high status with harm.
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> It might. It depends on the situation. If we'd gone on with the Untold Tales story we'd have seen a section by now that illustrates this.
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Noted.
> > Liu Xi won't tolerate being kidnapped and sold again.
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> She's probably not the target. Blondes are very much desired on Caph right now. Fashion Accessory is great at setting trends.
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She wouldn't take being kidnapped well either.
