The Book of Vengeance also provides guidelines for the punishment required for each crime, ranging in significance from "getting one's shoe stepped on in the streets", to having one's luxury hair salon coupons stolen, to physical harm to a Brother or Sister. It is implied that most punishments are much more severe than the slights that invoke them. In comparison, slights within the family are generally ignored. members of the Middle call each other "Brothers" and "Sisters".