85 Red Cat's eyes filled with fire, as he turned
back to The Village Speaker and his companions. "You took,'' he
screamed, "Sacred Ground, a family's Holy Resting Place? You defiled
the ashes of The Dead to make a place to land fish?! To steal a man's
LAND is one thing, to do THIS is unthinkable! Holy Ground, Sacred
Ground! Do you have no hearts ...no Spirits? Do you not value your own
Dead? What kind of man are you?"
86 I remove every one of you from office. You are unfit to serve. Never
EVER have I heard of anything so evil, so dispiseable! By all rights I
should take your heads, but instead I will seize your property, and the
property of every person involved in this! The man will be paid every
cent he wanted for his Land, plus that, you will hire the finest
Workmen, the best Craftsmen, and you will restore his shrine to its
original beauty.
87 The Land you have given him will be made as beautiful as it can be
made. From this day forth your village shall pay for its upkeep.
88 Here and now I pass a decree. Never, ever, may any village seize a
person's property for any reason without The First Speaker's consent.
And never, ever, may they touch Sacred Ground unless there is
absolutely nothing else that can be done. Now, while your heads are
still on your shoulders, get out. Before The Lords you are the worst of
men!
89 The men left whispering they had been wrongly shamed. But all Red
Cat commanded was done. When he returned from fighting The Oneness, he
visited the little shrine, and was pleased with its restoration.
90 The old man and his son, who also had returned from the fighting,
expressed their gratitude. But the villagers complained. Why had The
First Speaker