in tenebris est veritas.
“People are drawn to the wilds because we belong here, it is true. But too many of them are so far removed from what it means to survive, that they think they need what they do not.” Their tone is somewhat calmer now that they are seated, a hand turning over in an insistent gesture. Even if this man proves not to be a threat to them, his ideas are a threat to what they hold dear.
They watch the charcoal move on the page with curiosity, leaning forward to get a better look at what he writes. Still they chatter on. “You do not need farms to eat. You do not need walls to sleep. You do not need to cut out a piece of the land to live among it. Better to teach people how to survive than to change the land like any other settlement.”
They watch the charcoal move on the page with curiosity, leaning forward to get a better look at what he writes. Still they chatter on. “You do not need farms to eat. You do not need walls to sleep. You do not need to cut out a piece of the land to live among it. Better to teach people how to survive than to change the land like any other settlement.”
