Looking back makes me cringe with shame at the nasty little brat I was. It is saidthose at the top have the farthest to fall and that was triply true for yours truly. Iwas even tutored by none other than Lord Aleme! But that is not such a haughtyboast; Eloihim took the time to tutor as many young elani and elam as he could,often holding classes with near a hundred Eloi children. It was during my tutoringtimes that my real lessons started.Father Aleme held many sessions on topics of philosophy, which includedmorality, justice, equity, and ethical use of power and balance. After he hadlectured on a particular point, he would open the topic for questions and discussion. The day father Aleme was teaching on the ethical use of power was the day myimpudence was finally dealt with.I used to keep my long honey-blonde hair in nine braids, but I kept long bangs toalmost cover my azure eyes. Decked out in my favorite iridescent green outfit andabsently twirling a few braids, I interrupted father Aleme’s lecture with aquestion, “Eloihim, from all this talk of justice, ethical use of power and what-nots, how did you apply that to the dwarves?â€
Father Aleme frowned at the interruption yet he maintained his composure.“What do you imply, elani-Rachel?â€......
~Excerpt from Chapter 31~~~Battle of Imiapill~~Evil Incarnate hated Maneloi and virtuous Mininx, and he had utter contempt forwhat he termed the ‘riff-raff- men; common men who made the world what it is.It was the common man who built the cities, tended the fields, worked the factories,dug the ore out of the mines, struggled against inclemental weather and staggeredunder the yoke of unfair government and exorbitant taxes. The common man wasthe disposable heroes in the infantry and the unsung, valiant men who funded thepraise of their commanders, never getting a medal or a noble burial. It was thecommon man who died in cold, dark places without recognition for their ultimate,personal sacrifices. It was common man who struggled constantly and was alwaysexploited; those of power thought of them as a ‘natural resource’. Commonman was the working class of the world; they were the laborers and the skilledtradesmen. Common-man children had a rough go in their early years, very few of them received academic education, most learned in the school of common senseand hard knocks. These men, the backbone of all societies on Tantaria, Evil termedthe ‘riff-raff’ men. It was these men who had had enough of misery andslavery for others gains who made a stand against their oppressors. These commonmen fought not for glory or prestige, but to create a better world for their childrento grow up in. It was I, Rachel Amratiel, who believed in these common men andchampioned their cause to live free, happy lives. It was in the interests of gratitudethat I fought for their cause. I am elani, to fight for the under-dog is my meaningand purpose; this day was the trial of my convictions along with all the others that
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