Didonian Democracy II

(Here is part of what is left of the Antonine Wall.) 

 

The Rebel Worlds, XIII.

More on Didonian decision-making processes:

"...Flandry declared it was needful to push harder forward than hitherto. The remaining Didonians (?) formed several successive entities, as was the custom when important decisions were to be reached, and agreed." (p. 109)

That bracketed question mark reminds readers that:

"The Thunderstoners could assemble one full person at a time. Of the possible combinations, they chose Guardian of North Gate..." (p. 105)

That entity:

"...did not understand [Kathryn's] pidgin, for only heesh's noga had been in Cave Discoverer." (ibid.)

However:

"'They put Lightning Struck The House together for [Flandry] after [Kathryn] left.'"

"All heesh's units had at various times combined with those that had been in Cave Discoverer: among other reasons, for heesh to gain some command of pidgin." (p. 107)

 

Guardian of North Gate, Lightning Struck The House and others cannot meet and converse so they are assembled one at a time and their units remember what they thought. The last entity to be assembled, Lightning Struck The House, informs Flandry of their agreement with him.