A nation depends upon its beliefs, the foundation stones of myths into which all manner of faith is instilled. The cynic is the myth-slayer, relentless in all discourse to disaffect the veracity of honest things. This one lives solely in the present, the disbeliever in the future, the denier of the past. Dead are the destroying eyes, empty the embittered words, relentless the fist in the faces of all who suffer.