"In the median not-Radch human civilization there are two hundred violent crimes per hundred thousand people. We have forty, on stations, and a hundred ten on planets. About a quarter of those will go to reeducation and violent crimes are ninety-seven percent of crimes that go to reeducation, so that's about thirty people per hundred thousand."

"What nonviolent crimes go to reeducation?"

"Large-scale theft or fraud on a second or third offense, enabling or covering up particularly serious crimes, crimes committed aboard a military vessel in wartime."

"In the cases that imply discretion how's that exercised? You?"

"There are local magistrates but everyone has the right to appeal to me if they'd like."

"I'm tempted to ask if there's transcripts."

"Court proceedings are typically public."

"Appeals to you included?"

"Yes. They're private if anyone involves requests privacy with good reason, but that leaves lots of public ones."

"What counts as a bad reason to request privacy?"

"'I don't want my neighbors to know' doesn't usually count, though 'a witness doesn't want neighbors to know they testified' does."

"Mm. Okay."

"How did your society do this?"

"I think court proceedings are public unless something unusual's going on but I don't know and obviously can't look it up. I had way less leverage at home, there are lots of magical girls and my power theme's nothing to write home about, so I didn't make a point of finding all the things I might have wanted to spend leverage on if I had any, and what I did look into I at the time expected to retain access to writing on." Sigh.

"That makes sense. You're handling the new situation admirably. I regret that it's so difficult."

"Thank you. Apart from things affecting people I have never met and don't know much about and Xander's ongoing glove problem -"

"Hm? Are we done?"

"No, Xander. Well, maybe almost. Anyway. Apart from that we have found it more hospitable than we could have reasonably expected here and I appreciate that very much."

"Our pleasure."

"Is there anything else you think should get covered today?"

"Not particularly. I just - don't want you to worry too much, all right? I'm dangerous at interstellar politics but I am not dangerous to my subjects and it's not dangerous to have my attention and I'd very much like you to be happy here."

"I'm assuming at some point you're probably going to want to talk about what-all magic can do, do you have a timeline on that, like, should I expect to meet about it next week, or after I have a reasonable command of Radchaai, or...?"

"Next week would work well for me, if it works for you."

"All I'm doing is watching movies and studying verb conjugations, next week is fine."

"Do I have to come?"