Thursday, November 04, 2010

Revolt

Wolff is amused and yet revolted. The past behaviours of the Grand Inquisitor clearly were inappropriate. The evidence is too overwhelming. But to have a self-proclaimed soldier behave so much like a sailor who has been at sea too long... that is incredible, and Wolff shakes his head.

All humans are fallen, he reminds himself. There have always been consequences of the first revolt as well as the second. For every success, a victory; but also more failures than successes if not for the grace of the Highest. And in the greatest failure may lie the seeds of the greatest victory.

Wolff looks back at the Citadel and wonders, though, what it will take to purge the entrenched minions of the late Grand Inquisitor. He has a list, but he is not in the habit of writing anonymous letters. With a sigh, he takes out his name from where it has been hidden.

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Note: The fictional adventures of Sir Wolff do provide much that is of interest. You can find them linked here. Just ignore the one about earwax. That was an accident.

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Blogger Albrecht Morningblade said...

Oi! as a sailor, I take offense! Intolerable! You take liberties, sir! You have given sailors a short shift - admittedly, there are those who have succumbed to temptation, but there also those amongst us who have better self-control than He-Who-I-Do-Not-Wish-To-Mention. Do not tar us all with the same brush!


: )

Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:18:00 pm  
Blogger Albrecht Morningblade said...

Dash it! It should be 'Whom'.

Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:19:00 pm  
Blogger Thursday Next said...

Things that must happen must happen. Some things that may happen ought to happen.

As always, the trouble lies in the details.

May the stone be revealed as the water level falls. But will we like what we see?

Friday, November 05, 2010 2:43:00 am  

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