460a - We Deserve Not to Die

I open the door of the
room and stare down the hallway of the changed Mahid quarters, my toes
on the line between inside and outside and the hallway is inside the
greater outside.  And the Marble Palace inside the city and the city
inside the greater city. Inside the Empire.


Outside
the line that marks Mahid from not Mahid... people are recovering from a
celebration. They celebrated