The Neiriad forces us to accept what might be considered facile reasoning: that if a king is good, the land will prosper; that acts of bravery are always rewarded and acts of treachery punished; that there never lived a hero who shirked his duties or who faltered in battle. Why is this so? Because it has always been. Why must it be true? Because we, who read, desire it to be. Our belief in a world that is just and perfect gives us strength to survive in a world that is anything but.
