> > Another alien that's going to try to kill Visionary.
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> He might not kill him. Serious maiming would probably serve in this case.
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I'm sure that sounds much better to Visionary.
> > Historically, at least on this planet, this is how grass-roots extremist conservative/religious movements begin. We all know how those end up, if you take a close look at the modern middle east. In other words it looks small now, but could prove to be a very big problem.
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> I had some of that background in mind as I wrote this, although I was trying to avoid the parallels being too blatant. In my defence, wicked high priests and self-serving plotting nobles are already staples of fantasy Arabian literature.
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I know, I saw Aladdin too.
The point though is this could either be the new Emir's toughest call, or the roots of an extremist revolution. Either way it's bad.
