I ask you, Mr. Earth-Judge, traveling from years of light across the many worlds of the Rim to adjudicate my conviction, what do you know of my world, and the real of it, to apply your justice to my station? I am but a poor guide who used to escort Earth-tourists for a mere twenty credits per two-week trip, and now command but five credits for the same trip's work. The Earth-tours taking two hundred and fifty credits for the same tour guide, that being me, before the tourists even arrive.