The Security Advisor

 

 

They know too much.                          

                                  Of that,                                   

                                            I am certain. 

But they remain,                       

                         it seems,                                  

                                       ignorant                                          

                                                      of the value                                          

                                                      of what they know.                       

                        Even ignorant                                     

                                                  of how to think,                                     

                                                 of how to draw                                     

                                                 the proper conclusions.                       

                        It seems.  

 

Still,             

      they know,                         

                    and they could talk. 

Or worse,                

             someone,                         

                             unknown,                                  

                                            could overhear                                  

                                            their conversations. 

And soon,                

               everyone will know.                

               Everyone.  

 

That is,               

          of course,                           

                         unacceptable. 

We are all agreed                        

                          on that.  

 

And so it seems,                       

                     necessity comes                                        

                                            to play,                                                

                                                          in this                                                

                                                          unfortunate                                                

                                                          situation.                       

                Along with all                                      

                                     its hardfast                                                   

                                                    rules. 

And they...                  

               they will have to be                                       

                                               eliminated.                                       

                                                          Yes. Eliminated,                                            

                                               taken out of the picture,                                                                                                                                       if you will. 

Things will be                   

                    simpler                             

                               then. 

We could rest                    

                   more comfortably, 

     and focus our energies                               

                                         elsewhere,                               

                                         on more immediate                                                 

                                                                       concerns.                               

                                         And of these,                                            

                                                             as we all know,                                            

                                                             there are many.                                            

                                                             Too many.  

 

Caution demands                      

                         this course                                  

                                       of action. 

And safety.

Our safety.  

 

This is,               

           at least,                         

                   my recommendation,                         

                   my official                                     

                              recommendation.    

 

 

 

End of Book Seven

 

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