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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6748687" data-attributes="member: 25818">Originally posted by Syltorian:Good point. Also, the Riedrans have the Edgewalkers, who react violently to anything extraplanar - including the fey. I would assume that the Inspired consider them 'evil spirits' to the same degree as the Kalashtar. I wonder what the Riedrans do about stories: in the worst case, they could be squashed. Live in the here and now. Don't dwell on fantasies. They lead you astray. Don't use metaphors and allegories, even. Things are what they are. Don't go around telling people fanciful stuff about roses smelling just as sweet by any other name: a rose is a rose, and calling it something else is following the voice of the evil spirits. It would make Riedran society even more terrifying if the Quori have managed to destroy the human urge to interpret the world around them with stories, but I can see this happening. The Quori interpret the world for you, and there is no escape in dreams or tales. As soon as you say "once upon a time" in Riedra, the thought-police will make sure there is no "happily ever after". In fact, no "after".</blockquote>