The Kazat maintained their power through physical force and by willingly abandoning threats to the stability of the whole as Unborn. A dissenting member would be torn apart without sentiment, all for the glory and maintenance of the status quo.
Neither male nor female, they reproduced in cycles, members becoming male or female as needed. Such a sporadic birthrate resulted in young that were highly prized as gifts from the gods. Shortly after birth, they were sequestered for decades and put through ritualized training that emphasized the race's core values of dominance, physical strength, and racial superiority.
The group that approached him now carried themselves with the bravado that could only come with younglings out for the first time without their guardians. If this was the case, th
