When she finally reached an occupied Soul, she was almost a third of the way up the mountain. This next Sophist was not nearly so old as the last. Thistley repeated earnestly. The middle aged Sophist smiled knowingly. Because we are intelligent.
Intelligence is the most important talent of our whole species.
Thistley shifted about as she considered this. Thistley asked suddenly. Our whole race agrees on that. The middle aged Sophist, however, only shrugged and would say no more. The next occupied Soul rested as a profile, more than two thirds the way up the mountain.