Diego

“Trazyn had travelled the galaxy for so long he’d forgotten what year he’d started. Collecting. Studying. Ordering the cultures of the cosmos.
And one thing he’d learned was that every society thought their mountain was special. That it was more sacred than the mountain worshipped by their neighbouring tribe. That it was the one true axis of the universe.
Even when informed that their sacred ridge was merely the random connection of tectonic plates, or their blessed sword a very old but relatively common alien relic – a revelation they universally did not appreciate, he found – they clung to their stories.”
― Robert Rath, The Infinite and The Divine

“As you well know, data can change the systems that take it in. Data can carry a curse. That is impossible. The sermon makes a believer a fanatic. The political treatise turns the indifferent into a revolutionary. A lie exposed ruins a friendship. New information always affects the system that consumes it, at times catastrophically. That is the curse of data. All data. But data can be corrupted as well.”
― Robert Rath, The Infinite and the Divine

“The cryptek bowed, obsequious. "The stacks are full, my lord. We are over capacity. I have humbly suggested that we expand the collection into the space currently occupied by the wine cellars".
"But then where would I put my wine, librarian?"
"You... you do not drink wine, my lord."
"Of course I don't,' Trazyn snapped. "It's far too valuable. Request denied.”
― Robert Rath, The Infinite and The Divine

“Ageing systems? Solemnace is..." He caught Trazyn's look and trailed off, casting his monocular downward as he searched for a euphemism that would not besmirch the overlord's beloved gallery. "Historic?”
― Robert Rath, The Infinite and The Divine