Sartorias-deles: History
I first got glimpses of these stories when I was a kid, writing about kids. Inda's story would have been all about the academy, with the adults and their doings far off in the hazy background. But I knew I had to figure out what they were doing. Also, I knew that the academy kids were learning about stuff like strategy and tactics--which I knew squat about. Ditto martial arts, until I finally got to college at age eighteen, and was able to take fencing at last. Karate and tai chi came a few years later.
Meanwhile I had a lot to learn about history, specifically how cultures evolve into their worst selves--and how they go about the painful process of reversing that . . .
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