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The Church had become, quite coincidentally and without meaning to be, the only means whereby news was transmitted from place to place across the continent.
Its task, unannounced, and at first only vaguely defined, was to preserve human history for the great-great-great-grandchildren of the children of the simpletons who wanted it destroyed.
“If God calleth thee to be His Booklegger, wilt thou suffer death before betraying thy brethren?” And thrice Francis responded: “Aye, Lord.”
How can a great and wise civilization have destroyed itself so completely?”
Destiny always seems decades away, but suddenly it’s not decades away; it’s right now.
but the concordat further asserted the Church’s right to “own space vessels and travel unrestricted to open installations or outposts.”
He wanted to get to those bushes and just lie there and wait. I wished to God that I had only let him get to those bushes, and die the way a cat would if you just let it alone-with dignity.
