It is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as follows: that which precedes everything.

Here we find further argument for Gotagga’s supposition that the world is round. How else could all men stand higher than their brothers?

Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic.

The world is a big place and our brain is only three pounds.

Gods are but greater demons, the Cishaurim said, hungers across the surface of eternity, wanting only to taste the clarity of our souls. Can you not see this?

It is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as follows: that which precedes everything.

Complexity begets ambiguity, which yields in all ways to prejudice and avarice. Complication does not so much defeat Men as arm them with fancy.