“We
gotta find the next paw print-- and that's our second clue!”
Sherlock Holmes*
Along with
contemplation of my book from points CJ brought up I continued to
play the lovable joy that is Pokemon.
Balance of
Loyalty
I've been loyal
to my king for a very long time. He's a good man. He works for his
kingdom and his people. His worst sin really is mostly spending tax
money to decorate the castle and the nobility more than is needed for
impressing ambassadors from other nations(you do have to make
yourself look wealthy, otherwise other countries will think you are
poor and weak). He also eats fancier than he needs to.
Well for a long
time that was the case. But one day he committed a mass slaughter of
a village who voiced against him. He brought swords to a village
complaining about a tax. That's it. The thing is he had grown old,
senile, and maddened from an illness. His children largely took over,
but by chance he snapped at the village an used powers he almost
forgot about in his old age.
My true dilemma
is this. I am the royal historian and librarian. The entire existence
of this event is up to me. It has been ordered to not be recorded by
the sons of the king. They are ashamed of their father's actions and
ordered it censored. But I have the power to tuck it away in the
archives for future generations to discover without the sons knowing.
As a historian
I desire to record the truth. I've worked hard to keep everything
accurate. But my now my loyalties are questioned. Loyalty to the
truth and loyalty to the king. And a regard to my own safety should
my action be discovered.
It took me much
thought. I decided not to put the event in the archives. Not for my
safety not out of my loyalty to the royal family. But rather out of
my desire to give a good example. My king is a good one. But if there
is a moment of madness it would throw him into a dark light and
people would not want to emulate him. I want him to be a hero. I need
him to be a hero. So I won't record this act. I'll erase it. Censor
it and shut it down. The entire event will be gone from all of
history and as soon as it is gone from memory, where I am dead and
everyone who knew of it is dead, then my king will forever be the
hero that people need as an example.
Yes, that is
what I must do.
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