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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Jefe" data-source="post: 2342715" data-attributes="member: 19990">Realization crept up upon Oirhandir like the dawn of a new sunrise.  "Ah, I think I understand", he said.  "Water is plentiful here, but gold is even scarcer than water is in your land."  He pointed at the pile of coins on the table.  "That...would hire a common laborer for 10 years.  It would feed a small family...that is, buy vegetables and grain that could be cooked or baked...for at least 5 years, maybe more.  It would buy a thousand people a pair of simple shoes.  You see, gold is rare...and coveted, but you can't eat or drink it.  In your land, water is rare, but you have no choice but to drink it or die.  So here, we hoard our gold, since nobody really needs gold to live.  But in your lands, to hoard water is to sentence the needy to death, so you share it freely.  We don't handle our gold that way."He hoped his explanation helped explain his insight into the differences between Lasair's people and the people of this land.</blockquote>