{"id":585,"date":"2026-08-17T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=585"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:13:18","slug":"everyone-had-a-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=585","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Had a House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tales from the Universe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moral Dilemma:<\/strong> If a community gives you safety, food, shelter, and belonging, what does it have the right to ask in return\u2014and does generosity remain generosity when leaving is no longer allowed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone in Bellweather had a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the first thing Mara noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not a room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not a bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stone walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tile roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rain barrel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chimney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even the poorest family appeared to have one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara stood beside the road with everything she owned packed into a handcart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her husband, Col, stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomething is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara looked at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe&#8217;ve been here thirty seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd you&#8217;ve already found something wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEveryone has a house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTerrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They had been traveling for four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their previous village no longer existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A flood had taken most of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The river rose during the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By morning, Mara and Col owned a handcart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three blankets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two cooking pots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A box of tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And whatever clothing they had been wearing when the water entered the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their daughter, Venn, still woke whenever she heard heavy rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellweather looked impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was why Mara wanted to believe in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A woman met them at the town hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her name was Edda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou need housing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThree.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWork?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCarpenter,\u201d Col said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI keep accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda wrote this down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExcellent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She opened a drawer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNumber forty-seven.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara frowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House forty-seven stood on Alder Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two bedrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workshop behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara walked through every room twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat does it cost?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda handed her the key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou contribute to Bellweather.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWork.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe&#8217;re paid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd then we pay rent?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTaxes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara looked at Col.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col looked increasingly suspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou&#8217;ve had a difficult journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara&#8217;s throat tightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen perhaps spend one evening allowing something good to happen before interrogating it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even Col smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They took the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellweather was wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it had been terrible, everything afterward would have been easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col joined the builders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara worked in the town records office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venn attended school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a communal bakery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A physician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public baths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody begged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody slept outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a roof broke, people repaired it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If someone became ill, neighbors brought food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a family lost a worker, the town supported them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara kept waiting to discover the trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a year, she stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Col&#8217;s brother sent a letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had found work in the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A growing city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He invited them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col read the letter twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe could go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara looked around their kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you want to?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Venn said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to see the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither parent had known she did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They decided to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara went to the records office to request travel papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda was still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Same calm smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPurpose of travel?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFamily visit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuration?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTwo months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDestination?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda wrote everything down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRequest denied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou haven&#8217;t completed your residence obligation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cResidence obligation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI&#8217;ve never heard of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was included in your settlement agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat settlement agreement?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe document you signed when you received the house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So many pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She had been exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venn had been asleep against her shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda had pointed to several lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara had signed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTen years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have to live here ten years?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou agreed to contribute ten years to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe&#8217;ve contributed three.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSeven remain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe&#8217;re not leaving permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat doesn&#8217;t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col became furious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou tricked us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda remained calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou signed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were homeless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou gave us a stack of legal language while our child was sleeping on a cart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd you call that agreement?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda&#8217;s expression changed slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat would you call the house?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBellweather built it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI&#8217;ve repaired twenty-seven houses since arriving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen I&#8217;ve paid for mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHave you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProbably several times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd who paid for your daughter&#8217;s schooling?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe physician?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe roads?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe food you received during your first month?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col said nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edda folded her hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBellweather works because people stay long enough to return what was given to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara understood the argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That made her angrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Edda had been obviously wrong, Mara could dismiss her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Bellweather did work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People arrived with nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The town invested in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some needed years before they contributed as much as they received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If everyone took the house and left, Bellweather would collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was logic here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps even fairness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Mara kept returning to one fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She had not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They tried appealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The council listened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One member said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou received substantial support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara answered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you deny owing something in return?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen what is the disagreement?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhether owing something means you own seven years of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another councilor spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNobody owns you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen I can leave?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several councilors looked uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strange thing was that most residents supported the rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe all did ten years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s why the town survives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou think houses grow from the ground?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople always want benefits without responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara heard versions of this everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some were convincing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some were cruel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cruel ones often borrowed the language of the convincing ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Mara discovered something in the records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was filing old settlement agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty years earlier, the obligation had been five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty years earlier, seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She searched further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were proposals for twelve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then fifteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each increase had a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Housing costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Population instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Always reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Always temporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never reversed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mara brought the records to Edda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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