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If you have come with military council,
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this may not be the place.
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>> Alas, I have come to discuss my other
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>> Your duty as the keeper of Camus'
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history and wisdom. We of Cereabus and
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the Forest peoples have abided by a
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particular rule since the days of
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Damascus. As Eufas commanded us, we have
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assued writing and maintained a strict
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oral tradition. However, the sages are
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concerned that fragments of this
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tradition are always being lost,
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>> including matters related to Euas.
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>> Those things are still spread widely,
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but even they cannot be maintained
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forever. Many of the folk songs
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retelling the history of the land have
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already been lost to us.
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>> This is a vexing state of affairs.
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>> What do you view as the cause?
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>> Fewer and fewer can accurately recite
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the knowledge that has been passed down.
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Even when a mural is preserved,
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interpretations of the associated story
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can vary greatly. Furthermore, human
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memories frail. Sometimes what we
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remember is not quite what we learned. I
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see no remedy for the problem without
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resorting to written records.
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>> That won't do. To adopt writing goes
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against the clear teachings of Eufos.
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>> But the lack of it hampers our ability
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to pass down knowledge accurately. I
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have not yet found anyone worthy of
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inheriting the storehouse of my mind. I
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fear the worst. Our existence, our
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future depends on you finding a
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successor. The oral tradition must be
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>> That will do nothing to prevent the
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Though Damascus from being lost, it is a
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stop gap at best. We ourselves are
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putting the torch to our kingdom's deeds
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>> I do not wish for our kingdom to slip
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quietly into the darkness of history,
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but my hands are tied. Your Majesty,
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history is a gift we give to all of the
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children who will succeed us. By the
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time your future heir realizes we have
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no means to convey our history, it will
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So, we return to that subject, do we?
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>> Enough, Benture. You are dismissed.
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As you wish. We shall table this for
