What looks like Powell's good mood stays. What is it to him if his feelings on certain proclivities are not shared? "We're not interested in fog-traders, or what the papers have to say. The publication in itself could be harmless - of course I don't agree with that - but it is what it represents that bothers us."
He thumbs through some documents (the Burnworth pamphlets are there, as well as some thin paper folders), until he finds what he is looking for. It's an inoffensive piece of double-folded paper, the words 'INDUCE AND JUSTIFY have been printed on the front as well as the stylised depiction of a flickering flame. He holds it up.
"They call themselves Candlelighters. They are the expressed enemies of all good life in this City. Now Baedal is not a prison though we understand that some newcomers may feel that way. We may even understand the individual desire to go home. However such ambitions cannot and must not be allowed to threaten the lives of the millions who live here or indeed the existence of the City itself. Do you agree?"
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He thumbs through some documents (the Burnworth pamphlets are there, as well as some thin paper folders), until he finds what he is looking for. It's an inoffensive piece of double-folded paper, the words 'INDUCE AND JUSTIFY have been printed on the front as well as the stylised depiction of a flickering flame. He holds it up.
"They call themselves Candlelighters. They are the expressed enemies of all good life in this City. Now Baedal is not a prison though we understand that some newcomers may feel that way. We may even understand the individual desire to go home. However such ambitions cannot and must not be allowed to threaten the lives of the millions who live here or indeed the existence of the City itself. Do you agree?"