"It's a big leap to make. A kind of culture shock, I suppose you could call it. These people didn't grow up with this sort of thing - it's still new to them, still strange, often nobody's been able to coherently explain why they'd want all these mysterious objects that they don't understand how to use or make or maintain, and the hillfolk are classically stubborn. We've made progress since my grandfather's day, God knows, but there's some distance left to go."
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