INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: We know that you go inside the tunnel each night.
EQUALITY 7-2521: Will you report it to the Council?
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: We have given you word that we will not.
EQUALITY 7-2521: We trust you.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: What do you do there? For three hours each day?
EQUALITY 7-2521: We study. We melt metals and mix acids. We cut open the bodies of animals.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Where do you get all those things?
EQUALITY 7-2521: We have stolen the vials and powders from the Home of Scholars. We’ve stolen the manuscripts.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: What if they catch you? You are committing a great sin!
EQUALITY 7-2521: Sin? What is sin? Perhaps, at the end of our experiments, we may find something which will be beneficial to our Brothers, something that the Scholars have missed. How can it be a sin then?
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: It is a great offense you know, to interfere with the work of the House of Scholars.
EQUALITY 7-2521: It is not for the human mind to decide the evil of our crime, or the nature of our punishment.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Do you have no fears?
EQUALITY 7-2521: No. We have no fear, no regrets. There is no burden on our spirits. We feel in our hearts the peace that we have never known before.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Strange are the ways of evil!
EQUALITY 7-2521: That is true.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: We see great excitement in your eyes. Have your efforts been rewarding?
EQUALITY 7-2521: Certainly. You will not believe it. All our brethren will be blessed with light.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Light? What light?
EQUALITY 7-2521: A radiant glow of light. Emanating from a network of wires! We can make it happen anytime, anywhere. There is no need to burn candles!
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: No candles? Butwhat about the House of Candles?
EQUALITY 7-2521: Thethe Council will decide.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: We don’t understand.
EQUALITY 7-2521: You will see one day. We will show it to the Scholars. To you. To everyone. We will explain how it works. Our Light Machine.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: They will approve?
EQUALITY 7-2521: Why not?
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: You are expecting too much. You have already broken so many laws! We are scared for you.
EQUALITY 7-2521: Do not worry, we have gone beyond fear.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: You have gone too far. We see a strange light in your eyes. The excitement, the lighthow can you account for it? What makes you so happy?
EQUALITY 7-2521: Aren’t you happy? We are all happy. We all work for our Brothers.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: There is something more than that.
EQUALITY 7-2521: May be. It is a secret. Even we do not understand well.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Will you not tell us? You can trust us. Perhaps, we can help?
EQUALITY 7-2521: No. You can’t help. This is something different. A strange experience. Not the joy of the Light Machine.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Another sin?
EQUALITY 7-2521: You may say that. It is It is the Golden One!
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Golden One? Who? What? We have never heard about it.
EQUALITY 7-2521: No. Of course not. We call it the Golden One. You know Liberty 5-3000? Beyond the North Road In the Homes of the Peasants, beyond the City.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: What about them?
EQUALITY 7-2521: Wewell, we like them. The golden hair, the dark eyes
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Transgression of Preference. A bigger sin! A serious Transgression! We are scared for you. Do you speak to them?
EQUALITY 7-2521: Yes. And they spoke to us. Gave us water to drink.
INTERNATIONAL 4 – 8818: Take care. You are following a sinful path. May you be saved!
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Rand, Ayn. Anthem. [Waiheke Island]: Floating Press, 2009. Print.
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