The way they think, only one sentient race has any right to exist: theirs.
For the other sentient races, Gemworld was what they made of it.
But they had a natural ability to control the minds of any sentient race they came across.
The universe is populated by a number of sentient races.
On the one hand, it was important to establish good relations with an obviously sophisticated new sentient race.
Hard to believe they were the best mathematicians among the known sentient races.
"You'd make a good case if it were not for the fact that most sentient races are omnivores."
We cannot advise you because the answer to the nature of the universe is different for each sentient race.
No human, or any other sentient race, could drink it neat.
Works by artists of a dozen sentient races lay sealed behind glass cases.