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History repeats itself, they say, and indeed it does, both literally and figuratively. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF THEY SAY AND INDEED IT DOES BOTH LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY
moment I was surprised, and wondered what it was they were doing, but then it hit me: they were the delcator beetles that Bernibus had told me of earlier, the ones that absorbed the radioactive material and stabilized it. As I learned later, they had two good uses, one was that they consumed the unstable materials and neutralized them, but the other was that their droppings, when mixed into the water supply, also gave all that consumed them a greater tolerance for nuclear material. It was almost ironic that their whole way of life was dependent on the feces of another life form, but I will refrain from turning it into a metaphor. The female Zards wore a black headpiece that mostly covered their faces, and at first I found it strange that for all his talk of progress, the King's people still oppressed their women, perhaps there wasn't as much progress as he had boasted, or, more likely, he was unaware that there was no such thing as progress, just different manifestations of oppression. LOWING MATERIAL FOR A MOMENT I WAS SURPRISED AND WONDERED WHAT IT WAS THEY WERE DOING BUT THEN IT HIT ME THEY WERE THE DELCATO BEETLES THAT BONABUS HAD TOLD ME OF EARLIER THE ONES THAT ABSORBED THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND STABILIZED IT AS I LEARNED LATER THEY HAD TWO GOOD USES ONE WAS THAT THEY CONSUMED THE UNSTABLE MATERIALS AND NEUTRALIZED THEM BUT THE OTHER WAS THAT THEIR DROPPINGS WHEN MIXED INTO THE WATER SUPPLY ALSO GAVE ALL THAT CONSUMED THEM A GREATER TOLERANCE FOR NUCLEAR MATERIAL IT WAS ALMOST IRONIC THAT THEIR WHOLE WAY OF LIFE WAS DEPENDENT ON THE FAECES OF ANOTHER LIFE FORM BUT I WILL REFRAIN FROM TURNING IT INTO A METAPHOR THE FEMALE ZARDS WORE A BLACK HEADPIECE THAT MOSTLY COVERED THEIR FACES AND AT FIRST I FOUND IT STRANGE THAT FOR ALL HIS TALK OF PROGRESS THE KING'S PEOPLE STILL OPPRESSED THEIR WOMEN PERHAPS THERE WASN'T AS MUCH PROGRESS AS HE HAD BOASTED OR MORE LIKELY HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS PROGRESS JUST DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS OF OPPRESSION
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