“Not just those in this city, I’m afraid. His fanatical gospel has spread well beyond the borders of the Yontai, and all because I acted too late.” A scowl visits the emperor’s face. “I let him be in my desire to demonstrate a more generous and permissive attitude toward the Faraswa people. But this ‘Meddur the Wise’ has used the developments in the desert to infect his people with dreams of a new awakening, and now we face the possibility of Faraswa emigrating en masse to their old homeland. I’m sure I don’t need to explain why this would be disastrous, do I?”
