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Dark Flash Prancer
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Suyr expected to be rewarded. It was the nature of the society that evolved in the Goddess' creation.
When Suyr started out, he shared his crops with the neighboring farmers, and they shared in turn. But the king's men took extra taxes for every crop shared. They learned to stop sharing and the taxes lessened.
Then, Suyr tried to tend to his own farm and the king's taxes, and nothing else. The king's men took more and more and expected higher quotas and gave restrictive orders that left his crops withered.
The last time Suyr beat his neighbor, the King's men looked on, then smiled, then brought him to the pub for a pint, then gave him high-quality seeds and five slaves. Every time he hurt his rivals, his farming became sustainable, something worth doing, something worth living for.
The message of madness had been burned into his brain. Hardship requires sacrifice. Hardship leads to acceptance.
Suyr could not hate the guards. He had been taught not to, for the guards were the extensions of the king's will, and the king was the extension of the goddess' will. Or so he had been forced to recite day after day.
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