A Short Part of the Story
“Look, Alice.” John said. “The rest of the council has known for a time about your exploration and it’s not entirely keeping them content with you.” John continued. “No one will stop you, but that’s just because they do still like you, even though it is the job of some people to stop you.” Alice was not unaware of what John was saying. In fact she was completely conscious of it. She continued on with the exploration because that was her nature. One of curiosity. The both of them knew that she couldn’t be stopped anyway because she was quicker on the ascent than anyone else was due to years of doing so. But Alice asked a question anyway. “Why would you let me do the runs up there anyway?” “Because they’re scared.” John continued. “They do not wish to see a destroyed home, but they wish to know what the damage has been.” “I understand this, John. What I don’t understand is why they can’t just accept the way life here is. What happened was awful, and I may not fully
