after that afternoon it became a daily ritual for her to meet the group under the tall ku-mie tree , for she had nothing much to do , having finished her training years , and with her father working on one of the artificial weather circulators for the ships technicians ; she hung around this secret fraternity in wonder , not realizing at first that it wasnt formed for the glory of reason and logic to prevail ; it was about maleness and comraderie , and they kept her an outsider , a spectator prevailed upon only to settle disputes .