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territories, and more than most people, she has learnt what she can about Worringfolk. The Wor government is quasi Roman. All the others are quasi Greek.
However, she wants to steer the conversation back towards equality, and try to minimise the discussion of governments.
“Even Worringfolk has female pirates!”
“They do?” says KristalClear, briefly clasping her hand over her mouth, before asking, “have you met any?”
“One or two! There’re not many of them, but they do exist. The Wor definitely evolved differently. Maybe there are other autocratic rulers in Europe, we don’t know, we don’t have the same lines of communication that we once had.”
Pausing briefly, CandiCrush continues, and delivers a long monologue.
“However, the Wor, the people, they’re still human! We’re all the same. Basically, we’re all like cavemen with a bunch of weird hormones that weren’t designed for modern life. We’re trying to manage a complex society with brains that were originally designed to eat berries and live in a cave! It’s in our nature to protect the tribe. To defend the things and the people we love. Some of us might be misguided, but we still protect our tribe. The average Wor family is just like us at heart. But they’ve had one or two deranged leaders who haven’t helped things!”
“How did that happen?” asks KristalClear, “where do bad leaders come from?”
“Ooh, now you’re asking!” CandiCrush looks at the sky, looking for inspiration, and says, “let me see!”
After another moment’s pause she says, “OK, London, we’ll start with London. Originally, the government was run from London. But, go back to the years just after The Decimation and people were packing up and moving out. London disintegrated. Loads of cities disintegrated. Literally! The internal fabric of public sector bodies just began to fall apart. It all started with the low paid, the bin collectors, the shop assistants, and the nurses. Initially, those with slightly better income stayed loyal to their own local leadership, the
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