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Contemporary [[cosmology|cosmologists]] can now more fully appreciate the dynamics that were starting
Contemporary [[cosmology|cosmologists]] can now more fully appreciate the dynamics that were starting
to polarize opinion between the bureaucrats in the Local System Headquarters.
to polarize opinion between the [[bureaucrats]] in the [[Local System Headquarters]].
What was to flower a quarter-of-a-million years later into a full-scale rebellion
What was to flower a quarter-of-a-million years later into a full-scale [[rebellion]]
amongst the celestials was still only a whispered general discontent.
amongst the celestials was still only a whispered general discontent.
So, perhaps it can be said the seeds of the dissent that had arisen later
So, perhaps it can be said the seeds of the [[dissent]] that had arisen later
between the visitors, or the Prince's Staff, to call them what they called themselves,
between the visitors, or the [[Prince's Staff]], to call them what they called themselves,
had already been laid down by the time they arrived.
had already been laid down by the time they arrived.
When sHe realized that the visitors appeared to be focussed
When sHe realized that the visitors appeared to be focussed
on their building project to the exclusion of all else,
on their building project to the exclusion of all else,
sHe gained the confidence to wriggle closer to the brick walls of the town.
There sHe found a massive tree, its crown lofted above the forest canopy,
from where sHe could keep a watchful eye on the visitors and what they were doing.
The Prince's Staff, in their tum, happily unaware of Noe's presence,
The [[Prince's Staff]], in their tum, happily unaware of [[Noe]]'s [[presence]],
continued in their task of doing their best to upgrade human life.
continued in their task of doing their best to upgrade [[human]] life.
It was clearly a long and tedious process.
It was clearly a long and tedious process.
Even the most intelligent of the natives seemed to be consumed with fear
and although the visitors tried to show kindness towards them whatever the provocation,
and although the visitors tried to show kindness towards them whatever the provocation,
the contact between the two races became increasingly frustrating.
the contact between the two races became increasingly frustrating.
There were some individual exceptions, of course, but even those courageous souls,
There were some individual exceptions, of course, but even those courageous [[soul]]s,
when they were returned to their kin, frequently were killed by their terrified tribe.
when they were returned to their kin, frequently were killed by their terrified tribe.
Those who survived did so through their own cunning and often became the [[shaman]]s
of their people--the intermediaries between human beings and the realm of the [[spirit]]s.
Regardless of the slow-going, the passing millennia saw a gradual global transformation.
New approaches to health and child-rearing had ensured rapid increases in population
and the introduction of [[agriculture]] had led first to settlements, and then to towns.
The visitors taught their students the arts of brick-making, which proved
to be very popular and subsequently encouraged an era of city-building.
Clustering people together in this way produced a need for new social relationships
and the primacy of tribal connections broke down, as [[individual]]s from different clans
found more profit in dealing fairly with one another.
found more profit in dealing fairly with one another.
[[genocide|Genocidal]] wars that had characterized the time before the arrival of the [[Prince's Staff]]
became of less compelling interest, as the civilizing influence of the visitors took hold.
Advances in boat -building also allowed the more adventurous amongst the humans
to cross hitherto impassable waters and to spread over unpopulated continents.
The planetary upgrade appeared to be developing in time-honored and orderly fashion.
Yet Noe, telepathically sensitive to the emotional well-being of the visitors, detected subtle signals that under the surface all was not well.
Yet Noe, telepathically sensitive to the emotional well-being of the visitors, detected subtle signals that under the surface all was not well.
As for Noe's by-now numerous deceased offspring, their enormous skeletal remains settled into the
As for Noe's by-now numerous deceased offspring, their enormous skeletal remains settled into the
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