"I admit that this is not something I agree with, either, Vernique. Perhaps she could have aided the next chieftain as well as the previous, or been given a new role. But these are the ways this culture knows, and they believe in it." he says, gently reaching out to touch her hand.
"There are many things my people find odd about humans but, except for a few of us, we try to understand that those are the ways you know and believe. If there will be lasting change, it must come from within these people." Eli says.
He doesn't mention his own belief that humans are fortunate to pass on to whatever reward awaits them in the afterlife, and that the passing of elders allows them a freedom not shared by others.
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