09-25-2013, 05:48 PM
Keisha is not alone. Quite by chance, she has a buddy: another curious bystander troubled by the quiet disappearances of Those Who Have Failed. He's a little farther down the hall, and he turns his head to keep talking as the two Forgottens walk past. Keeps pace with them, if he has to, to speak his piece.
"Look, I know we're not a democracy and yadda yadda," says Erich, "but we are social animals and we... kinda like having our dirty laundry out for everyone to see. And I know you guys are Really Important People at Forgotten Questions, but this is Cold Crescent. I guess what I'm trying to say is," he hurries here, because <i>any second now</i> he just knows he's gonna be told to find the damn point, "whatever punishment you've dragged the Elders of Cold Crescent off to -- shouldn't we know? Shouldn't it be public?
"Especially 'cause, y'know. The Cold Crescent Elders were all hush-hush, and then look what happened. Maybe a little more transparency would be good."
"Look, I know we're not a democracy and yadda yadda," says Erich, "but we are social animals and we... kinda like having our dirty laundry out for everyone to see. And I know you guys are Really Important People at Forgotten Questions, but this is Cold Crescent. I guess what I'm trying to say is," he hurries here, because <i>any second now</i> he just knows he's gonna be told to find the damn point, "whatever punishment you've dragged the Elders of Cold Crescent off to -- shouldn't we know? Shouldn't it be public?
"Especially 'cause, y'know. The Cold Crescent Elders were all hush-hush, and then look what happened. Maybe a little more transparency would be good."
BECAUSE OF LIGHT AND DUTY AND REASONS.