she is SUCH a tease....

[lagilman]

The Washers tell us, over and over again, that Sin Washer came to save us from destruction. They speak of the distant Emperor in far-off Etton, and how he cared not for his subjects, only the wealth and power they might accrue to him. Too, the Washers say that the prince-mages who ruled the Lands Vin in the Emperor’s name in those distant days were cruel and unjust, hoarding the power which the magic of the Vine gave them, and that the people cried out for someone to save them from overwork and despair.

I, sitting in my library, surrounded by the documents of a dozen generations of land-lords, might argue otherwise: that the people were protected by the prince-mages, that the magic of the Vine was what kept their lands fertile, their borders safe, their health secured.

The truth of these stories can never be judged. Truth is overrated; what matters is what people believe.


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[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Indeed, you are such a tease. No fair!