Am I enjoying this series enough to read the "how the main character's parents met?" story as the eighth book? Apparently!
Neumeier wrote that this started as a little bit of a "How I met your mother?" and became a novel when she wasn't looking. You can tell, but I appreciate it.

There's an essay somewhere about the Ugaro (and the Lau, but to less degree) and tochacha - the obligation to rebuke. Because the whole point of the story is that we have to be able to say things to one another when we do something wrong, either accidentally or intentionally. We have to be able to confront or confess or we don't have a society. The whole point of the Ugaro is that life is hard and you have to be able to talk to one another about doing things right. Consistently in this story, problems develop when people in power cannot hear critique. And I feel like there has to be an answer beyond fighting each other, although, honestly, that seems to be working so far.

I can't believe I only have one book left.