“Progress for ReDawn!” Nanalis declared. “May her enemies be swiftly silenced for the good of us all.” Hairs rose on the back of my neck as voices sang out from all around the stadium, joining in a great rumbling chorus. They were cheering for pretty words that would destroy us. Progress for ReDawn. It was what we all wanted, of course. But some of us thought it mattered what we were progressing toward.

