ENCORE 2: The next 100 words...
Nov. 12th, 2008 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
profundisNow that he was no more than one stroke away from the most powerful office in the world, he was insulated from the more mundane tribulations of life in the Dominion of America, but the stakes were higher than ever considering the scrutiny he now lived under, not to mention what lurked in the shadows of the capital and in the lights of its tabernacles. His gift for bargaining with Synchronicity served him well in such conditions, but he knew that every bargain struck had its price as well as its promise. Caveat Emptor, went the old proverb. Buyer beware.
Even so, what was his alternative? Just let things continue to go down the path of "order" and oppression without at least doing his part to soften up the earth under the foundations of the Church State? He could no more live with that kind of moral acquiescence than he could fly. He concealed a chuckle with a cough, lest his aides become inauspiciously curious. Perhaps he should have chosen a different internal turn of phrase. He brushed a speck of white off the front of his dark suit jacket and straightened his "power tie." There was work to do.
Even so, what was his alternative? Just let things continue to go down the path of "order" and oppression without at least doing his part to soften up the earth under the foundations of the Church State? He could no more live with that kind of moral acquiescence than he could fly. He concealed a chuckle with a cough, lest his aides become inauspiciously curious. Perhaps he should have chosen a different internal turn of phrase. He brushed a speck of white off the front of his dark suit jacket and straightened his "power tie." There was work to do.
