For every joy, there is a price to be paid.
The only thing that is humiliating is helplessness.
ABASI
Abasi had not come from a world with democracy and the concept was rather foreign to him. Voting in of itself felt so odd, so alien - his hand froze with the pencil for a long time as he tried to work out the best course of action.
What did not help his confusion was Loren's speech, because at the end of it Abasi knew he did not agree. Loren was not a suitable ruler, could not be. At least not yet; he was too conflicted, and Abasi did not think that his statement on there not needing to be a ruler was true. He had never been in a world without a monarch; he did not know how to be without one.
He said nothing to Loren, thinking it unnecessary to cause a scene in the meeting, but knew what to write on his paper.
What did not help his confusion was Loren's speech, because at the end of it Abasi knew he did not agree. Loren was not a suitable ruler, could not be. At least not yet; he was too conflicted, and Abasi did not think that his statement on there not needing to be a ruler was true. He had never been in a world without a monarch; he did not know how to be without one.
He said nothing to Loren, thinking it unnecessary to cause a scene in the meeting, but knew what to write on his paper.
If his heart rules him,
his conscience will soon take the place of the rod.
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