What Shall I Fear

"¹If I my greatest foe can face
²With nary a jump nor quake
³What then shall I fear?
⁴If I into the fray can march
⁵With naught a thought for me
⁶Who then my fears relieve but me?"
-Forënso 8:1-6
Can you face somebody you don't like? If so, you have nothing to fear, as an extension of Zupëtro's line: "Help yourself; you will be helped" (6:12). Forënso is saying not specifically these two things, but using them, as he so frequently does, as a metaphor for your personal greatest fear, whatever it may be. In my case, death by lack of sleep. Forënso wants to make it clear that if you can stand up to it, you aren't afraid of anything; nothing can stop you. Obviously I have only partially destroyed my fear. Good night! Emänyo

Rites and Rights

"Maturity is a series of rights and responsibilities: Doing that which is least harmful; Being allowed voting rights; Acting based on prior knowledge; Getting the opportunities to act. What matters the most is that you can make your own decisions, but if you do not fulfil your responsibilities, you should neither exercise your rights."
-Quotation 121 of Ketasolir
Ketasolir's Quotations house most of the most sage advice on Atlas. I remember before I was elected king, my predecessor, King Arnold, was king. King Arnold was infamous for doing nothing but abusing the kingship. He certainly exercised his rights! But did he give feathers about his responsibility as king? Clearly not! When I took over for him, I was overcome by the disarray in which King Arnold had left the government. In fact, I nearly resigned my first week due to the overwhelming mess waiting to be cleaned up: relations with Súde'érne'sé King Éle'éne'ól; peace negociations with Himake Muriyoto, the Supreme Commander of Mahutia; trade agreements with President José Zefón of Tierra Nord; mountains of red-taped domestc affairs; a severe lack of media coverage of the government and piles of other miscellaneous junk that had been building up for 132 years. Not to mention the economy, reveling in the middle of an already 21-year depression! I believe that King Arnold abused his power, and look what people call him: the squanderer. I spent 5 years doing what he should have spent 132 years doing. Only then could I relax a bit. I do wish to question whether this really even is all that Ketasolir is trying to say. I believe that Ketasolir is also saying that if you have the means, you have a responsibility. For example, the rich have a responsibility to give to the poor and the talented have a responsibility to excersise that talent. I believe that once you do this, you can start saying that you live by Ketasolir's Quotaions.
-Emänyo

With each breath

"¹Atmospheric pressure is not easily changed. Therefore I have given no tries to it. ²For the steads, I have asked Kronempo to empower the mages to withstand it. This he claims to have done. I presume to trust him here because I have no other [option]."
-Cercono 8:1-2