Their reasons aren't much different from anyone else's; they seek to exert control. Only their focus is on knowledge.
[Here, Jill's mood shifts ever slightly as bitterness compromises the sweeter tone her voice had been lifted by. The topic of control will always be a fraught one for her, and it's made worse by the hidden history which she's most familiar.]
I don't know that they're the ones who wish her dead, exactly, but her crossing of them provides the best example of the kind of information she seeks.
She had Clive collect a book for her once, "From a Distance," that they sought to conceal on the grounds of wanting to protect society. It tells the true story of the Bearers and their enslavement.
[Which certainly does nothing to bolster Jill's mood, meaning she has to actively push for a way to tilt the topic at enough of an angle let in a bit more brightness.]
It should serve us well in the months and years to come. May the truths of those sins be a salve for their consequences.
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Date: 2024-01-19 11:21 pm (UTC)[Here, Jill's mood shifts ever slightly as bitterness compromises the sweeter tone her voice had been lifted by. The topic of control will always be a fraught one for her, and it's made worse by the hidden history which she's most familiar.]
I don't know that they're the ones who wish her dead, exactly, but her crossing of them provides the best example of the kind of information she seeks.
She had Clive collect a book for her once, "From a Distance," that they sought to conceal on the grounds of wanting to protect society. It tells the true story of the Bearers and their enslavement.
[Which certainly does nothing to bolster Jill's mood, meaning she has to actively push for a way to tilt the topic at enough of an angle let in a bit more brightness.]
It should serve us well in the months and years to come. May the truths of those sins be a salve for their consequences.