Brotherless and Fatherless
In the old world of the Wyverns, we were all brothers. We kept our differences private and we were united by the common flag, the common emblems, the common ideas. We were all very different people and very proud of it, but there were some depths to which we would not descend.
No longer, it seems. Just tonight I was listening to a man who sat on the interview panels of the College of Physicians. He told me that he was interviewing a young Wyvern who was seeking admission to the College as a trainee. This Wyvern (if you can still call him that) was asked, "Why should we admit you, and not your brothers?"
At which point, the degenerate replied, "Because I am smarter and better." He then proceeded to run down his brothers in no uncertain terms. The interviewer was aghast. He asked me tonight, "How is it that such an attitude could ever be cultivated among Wyverns? They have always been closely knit."
It was another man who replied, "The Wyverns nest in a place where the ruling principality himself displays such traits of unseemly competition between brothers. He is known to make public statements denigrating his own mentors, his peers and fellow principalities, and even the other nests of the Wyverns."
And there you have it. Where there is no true father-figure, and no allegiance to the Father either, brotherhood will fail, and so will the Brotherhood.
No longer, it seems. Just tonight I was listening to a man who sat on the interview panels of the College of Physicians. He told me that he was interviewing a young Wyvern who was seeking admission to the College as a trainee. This Wyvern (if you can still call him that) was asked, "Why should we admit you, and not your brothers?"
At which point, the degenerate replied, "Because I am smarter and better." He then proceeded to run down his brothers in no uncertain terms. The interviewer was aghast. He asked me tonight, "How is it that such an attitude could ever be cultivated among Wyverns? They have always been closely knit."
It was another man who replied, "The Wyverns nest in a place where the ruling principality himself displays such traits of unseemly competition between brothers. He is known to make public statements denigrating his own mentors, his peers and fellow principalities, and even the other nests of the Wyverns."
And there you have it. Where there is no true father-figure, and no allegiance to the Father either, brotherhood will fail, and so will the Brotherhood.
Labels: Brotherhood, Wyverns
etched with acid at 12:13:00 am
5 Comments:
or perhaps modern Atlantis is no longer conducive for the breeding of new Wyverns?
How far we have fallen. Sigh.
Hm, is there a correct answer to that interview question?
On another note, degenerate people are all of the same level. I thin that might be bad for an interview where you're supposed to excel.
LR: look very carefully and you will see that it still is; the point is not that Wyverns are not supposed to be materialistic — their very emblems show the balance between Heaven and Earth.
Sorrows: 'much has been lost; and there is yet much to lose' — bonus points if you can locate the text.
sibrwd: there are only different kinds of wrong answers; also, the sense in which you use 'degenerate', i.e. adjectivally, is not the sense in which I used it, i.e. as a noun.
This isn't just reprehensible from the perspective of an entry interview into college. This is a terrible answer to give even in an interview for employment.
It shows that the person has no ability or (at the very least) imagination to promote his own virtues, but relies instead on the much-easier method of dragging everyone down to his level.
Such a person I can do without in my organisation, regardless of how smart or good he is.
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