Laws and rules are two very different things, boy.

[ He said with a shrug, and then ticks a few "rules" off of his fingers. ] Mind your own business, do not pester someone bigger than you, and violence belongs in Ryad. Those are rules, and there are no officials to enforce them.

Laws come not from the people but from a ruling class that makes up solutions to "problems" that are a thinly veiled veneer to make people feel good about the fact that they are only in place to support their power structures and wealth, propped up by enforcement.

[ Boy. It's almost like he has Opinions!! about this!! It's not like Silco sees things in the context of his own world and experiences, and doesn't have much room for much else. No, he couldn't be like that. It is telling, though, that the man was often prone to short answers, or glibness until it came to...

This particular subject. ]

So yes, there are rules. I'd suggest figuring them out, if you're going to spend much time down in here. Why, just the other week, I had to save someone who had started asking too many questions.

It's a dangerous thing to do.