Knowing is Half the Battle
Jan. 4th, 2006 01:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forsyth"...and this is the Diary of the Gods, where they write that Which Mortals Are Not Meant To Know."
"Oooh, neat, can I read it?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because it is full of things Mortals Were Not Meant To Know."
"So?"
"So you're Not Meant To Know them."
"Then why'd you show it? Is this one of those Test of Worthiness things?"
"No. It's part of the tour."
"And how many people ask to read it?"
"...all of them. But it's really just gossip. Who's banging who, who hates who this week, that sort of thing. They're teenagers. Metaphorically speaking."
"Oooh, neat, can I read it?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because it is full of things Mortals Were Not Meant To Know."
"So?"
"So you're Not Meant To Know them."
"Then why'd you show it? Is this one of those Test of Worthiness things?"
"No. It's part of the tour."
"And how many people ask to read it?"
"...all of them. But it's really just gossip. Who's banging who, who hates who this week, that sort of thing. They're teenagers. Metaphorically speaking."
