Dhartha recovered himself quickly. That will take time to gather. A month, maybe two.
 
I can wait -- if we reach an agreement. I've come here with an empty vessel. I need to take something back with me. He looked down at the scavenged objects and the wind-scoured art rocks. And I certainly don't want to carry anything like that. I'd be the laughingstock of the League.
 
Despite a natural Tlulaxa interest in biological products, Keedair was not wedded to the business of slavery. He would go his own way and never return to the Thalim solar system, if necessary. Many of the Tlulaxa were religious fanatics anyway, and he grew tired of their dogma and politics. Drugs and drink would always be in demand, and if he could introduce something new and exotic, a drug the richest nobles had never tried, he might turn a handy profit.