"I am terribly sorry to have bothered you, sir," I said, using my best 
manners, for I could see that this Dojo was an unusually polite sort, "but 
your fame as a warrior has spread far and wide, and I have come here humbly to 
seek your advice on how I may become a better warrior myself; for it has not 
escaped my notice that in the postcomet environment, teeth like carving knives 
and six tons of muscle may be in some sense outmoded."