The Old Days Brought You Good News

Lynn Blade, a native of Wall City, woke up from an ordinary desk, escaped from a fatal gunpoint, and was invited under extraordinary supervision to see the reality of the world. This is an age of steam and magic, a world of old and extraordinary. Idealism, ideal world, pure rational criticism, consciousness determines matter, old rulers, descendants of evil gods, illegal gatherings, stagnant development of technology. Extraordinary comes from expectation. Those who long for answers become [scholars], those who plant food and clothing become [farmers], those who forge steel become [craftsmen], those who defend their homes and countries become [soldiers], those who save lives and heal the wounded become [doctors], those who hope for magic become [magicians], those who love laughter become [clowns], those who love divination become [divinations], and those who are obsessed with the unknown become [pioneers]... The old days come from fear. Heirs who abandon their families, let the dead return out of fear; extraordinary people who give up their path, let themselves fall out of fear; cults that gather believers, let false gods descend out of fear... He heard anticipation. He heard fear. He heard, fearful... Expectation coming... To him.