but if kerrai had not been what he expected , a city still predominantly seynorynaelian in population , architecture , and culture , it had held one of the greatest treasures in the conglomeration of five planets as far as he was concerned , one ettrekh was never going to let go : ilina nelana-mi , a girl who could climb a tree better than he could , who loved to argue over politics and philosophy , and whose temperament and ideas were as unpredictable as the weather .