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2002-04-11 - 11:42 a.m. Honor is what you do when no one is looking. When Atlantia was a pay-to-play Kingdom, at least twice a month I had fighters begging me to ignore the rules for them 'just this once' because 'no one will ever know. I'll never tell.' I hate it when people say that about anything. I would know. I would know I had not held to my principles. I would know that, despite all the public lip service, I had not stood for my beliefs. I never caved. I can't prove it to you. No one witnessed this incidents. But I know and I feel better about myself for it. Forgal taught me that Fealty is about doing the right thing, not the easy thing. So I would say to the pleading fighters "It's not that I don't want to help you, but I gave oath to uphold the laws of Atlantia." Some people found this strange, some thought it was unreasonable, some found it admirable. I simply found it one small and necessary thing I could do to keep my promises. And the world will be better for this: That one man, scorned and covered with scars, Still strove with his last ounce of courage -The Impossible Dream, Man of la Mancha Does this mean I'm always perfect and steadfast? A gentle and parfait paragon? [self-ridiculing laughter] No. Are you high? Her name was Mother Teresa... But I try. And the struggle makes me a better person. I'll live in the delusion that it makes this place a better world. Though we may disagree on some things amongst our gentle company, I have generally found members of our Society to be a group of people who like tilting at windmills. Even if we can't defeat our dragons, the effort ennobles us all. The made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that's a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We're just babies making up a game, if you're right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your world hollow. That's why I'm going to stand by the play-world. I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia. - Puddlegum, C.S. Lewis's The Silver Chair. � � Scribble to Theo previous - next �