What, after all, was the point of civilisation if not the well-being of citizens?
If there was anything any Radchaai considered essential for civilised life, it was tea.
Let every act be just, and proper, and beneficial.
Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked.
To be Radchaai is to be civilised.
Falling didn't bother me. I could fall forever and not be hurt. It's stopping that's the problem.