Hey folks, quick pre-programming announcement. Thanks for listening into our setup episodes

for the ETH or C. We're playing the quiet year, a game by Avery Alder. That's all about

map making and making wild choices to help build a community. You can find a link to

where you can find and purchase and learn more about the game on the episode description.

And also, if you want to follow along visually, we are uploading all the maps at the end

of each of these sessions at bit.ly slash ETH or C maps. And I think you need to capitalize

ETH or C and maps in order for that link to work because that's how Bitly works. We heard

some folks say they were having some trouble following along visually. And if you need

a little help with that, go to that link. I also think that if you go to our Twitter

page, we will be uploading those maps alongside the episodes there as well. That's it. Here's

the episode.

Today's lesson, the intricate hierarchy of mortal terror. While the divine invitation is

what brought our community to the shoreline so many years ago, it was our fear of the

storm itself that fueled our every endeavor. Each morning we woke to find the waters receded

further and further from the land and the maelstrom growing in size and intensity. We were

not ashamed of our fear. It is after all our most powerful, most primal instant. Fear

is built into the foundation of this city, just as much as any glass, clay or codite. But

the autumn preceding our evacuation shook the single-minded focus that came of that fear

by showing us or rather reminding us of the dangers, break and small that loomed just

in the periphery. We were mortals, a lot of us. And while our mortal passions may be

responsible for building this new home, it was not without suffering the wages of mortal

kinds, less inviable characteristics. Some amongst our number were quick to distrust,

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