I have only the music of the waterfall to comfort me now. "I have not left this cave for days now, it has become my last refuge in my total despair. That grace this strange and wondrous land I wandered home though the silent streets I saw now how meaningless life had become with the loss of all these things. I was overwhelmed by both wonder and understanding as I saw a completely different way to life, a way that had been crushed by the Federation long ago. "I see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities and the pure spirit of man revealed in the lives and works of this world. Clearly yet I see the beckoning hand of the oracle as he stood at the summit of the staircase". "I guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so vivid to me. I watched in shock and horror as Father Brown ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his feet."
"Instead of the grateful joy that I expected, they were words of quiet rejection! Instead of praise, sullen dismissal. Father Brown rose to his feet, and his somnolent voice echoed throughout the silent Temple Hall.". "In the sudden silence as I finished playing, I looked up to a circle of grim, expressionless faces. The Priests praise my name on this night. It's got wires that vibrate and give music As I struck the wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious sounds, and soon my own music! How different it could be from the music of the Temples! I can't wait to tell the priests about it!. "I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn the keys to make them sound differently. I had no idea what it might be, but it was beautiful". I brushed away the dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in my hands. "Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was hidden beneath the cave, I found it. Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.Īll the gifts of life are held within our walls. We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes.
I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the priests." "The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. Then I found something that changed it all."
I thought it was a good life, I thought I was happy. The less fortunate gave us a few new moons. We have had peace since 2062, when the surviving planets were banded together under the Red Star of the Solar Federation. My friend Jon always said it was nicer here than under the atmospheric domes of the Outer Planets. I used to think I had a pretty good life here, just plugging into my machine for the day, then watching Templevision or reading a Temple Paper in the evening. The Twin Moons, just two pale orbs as they trace their way across the steely sky. City and sky become one, merging into a single plane, a vast sea of unbroken grey. I watched in shock and horror as Father Brown ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his feet."I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon.
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