Extract from ‘Scienocropolis the City of the Pnook’ by Solin De’Teinde.
So they decided one of their number must lead. For the squabbling and arguing would destroy them all. So one among them, the chief engineer named Deibne who had played such a part in converting the technological marvels without which they would not have been able to traverse the desert was voted leader. His descendants have suffered the labours of public service ever since, and each has taken on the public name of Tuines so that the Pnook peoples may remember and honour the decisions made long ago.