Not because we wish to start a fire.
That was the lie. That was always the lie. Republia did not build statues to its strongest believers. It built statues to the ones it had to convince. The next morning, Emrik Thorne did not go to work. Instead, he walked to the statue with a small steel chisel and a rubber mallet—tools of his former trade. A crowd of seventeen people watched from the bus stop. No one called the authorities. the republia times
Emrik looked at the file, then at the letter, then at the open chest of the statue. The rain had started again, soft and warm. It ran down the bronze face of Maldon Voss, giving the hollow eyes the appearance of tears. Not because we wish to start a fire
Do not build another statue of me. Build a library. Republia did not build statues to its strongest believers
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