Give people the power of the gods, and they’ll eventually run down like wind-up toys for lack of reasons to go on.

An ancient sage held that in different ages, humans held the senses in different ratios, according to the media by which they communicated and expressed themselves. Hence before writing, the ear was the royal sense....

Makers?” said Toby. Jaysir nodded.”We’re not loners, you know. There just weren’t any on Wallop. We love to get together, we just refuse to engage in social relations that are based on material inequity.