Thank you. It becomes very interesting to consider that they do this to very young children. He's so blasé about it, yet it probably shapes him only slightly less than the Sith ceremony. The idea of someone existing only in the formal sphere is a disturbing one.

(I imagine this evolved out of an old tradition of assigning second-born children to civic slavery instead of the priesthood. Then, when they grow up, the become the wise advisers of their siblings' children... Or something... part of me is convinced Naboo is some kind to bizarre dystopia, but they're so convoluted and private no one has noticed... lol, shutting up now...)