She made a face at his question. It was true, Thanagarians weren't slavers, but how could they accept this planet into their federation with little benefit from it? "What would we learn from your people?" she asked and waved her hand. "How to burn hydrocarbons for energy? Hate each other because of skin color or attraction?" She coasted along, feeling for thermals to take them higher in the air. "And what would you trade with us for economic reasons. Well, chocolate perhaps," she conceded. Zinda had taken her to try foods, and chocolate definitely stood out from the trip. "And how would your people react, knowing that they are not the only sentient race or special? Your people are too fragile right now for exposure to the rest of space, maybe in a few centuries."