Title: Shadow upon the Record
Knifelike Voice: So there is no actual Precedence? Only its shadow upon the record? How can this excuse open treason?
Bladelike Voice: Treason is not defended, yet what defines treason deserves examination. Overly strict enforcement is not advisable.
(As they argue, Chax looks up at them, speechless, with growing concern.)
Knifelike Voice: How can deviance ever lead to perfection? Why tolerate the substandard?
Bladelike Voice: In each cycle, all is done according to Plan, Precedence is obeyed and yet the cycle ends with all unchanged.
Susekho grows heavier with the Namespikes of the Oistrem who defend Botaram, yet ever remains sundered from the World below.
If no latitude is allowed at all, then it will…
