Re: [ELSEWHERE]
[ ...the banner of men who would be their own kings and not beholden to a [King], evermore, a city built brick by brick and stone by stone on knowledge and science and empiricism... ]
[ a young boy standing in a doorway, an older man poring over books and papers at his desk--
--You promised we'd read today.
--A messenger from the Council, Claude. Another time. ]
[ and--
up the rungs and onto the gangway, pounding boots drowned out by the sirens, and he's gonna kill the idiots on duty today who let unauthorized personnel get in, let alone near his Core-- ]