Oh! Well, it was considerate of him, but there were still a few kedan around who didn't mind. At least in Metal Sector it was more that people preferred thinking they didn't exist, than hating them.

"They'll think you're kedanese," Ayin explained, taking him out of the building toward the row of stalls that had sprung up to cater to the company's needs. She wasn't sure how to explain that the kedan in this area pretended the Foreigners didn't exist, so she didn't. "Is there a reason you're here?" she asked curiously. "I mean, you didn't come just to talk to me ... did you?"