“I do not like the thought of compulsion.” He shook his head at me. “Not compulsion, Jinian. Information… — Sheri S. Tepper

This is the problem with too much Schooling. One learns to manipulate the labels in a way that the Gamesmistresses approve, and one doesn’t realize that things do not always act in accordance with the labels in the real world. One doesn’t realize that the labels, come to that, are often wrong.

We had what we thought was the answer and we troubled to look no further.

“Better late than not at all,” came a voice from the ranked multitude. “Better a tardy lover than a lonely bed.”