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The Last First Lord

On the Question of Nobility

[Editor's note:What follows is an excerpt of a conversation between General Aleksandr Kerensky and First Lord Richard Cameron II on April 19, 2757. The conversation was held in the General's quarters and was captured on his personal recording system, apparently without the First Lord's knowledge.]

General Kerensky: You mentioned yesterday about "the nobility of the spirit." What did you mean?

Lord Richard Cameron: Nobility...You know, that something people are born with that makes them either good or bad, rich or poor.

General Kerensky: Born with? Can someone start out common but become noble?

Lord Richard Cameron: I don't think so.

General Kerensky: Could you be a friend to someone who had committed a crime, or was poor?

Lord Richard Cameron: I doubt it.

General Kerensky: No hope of redemption for the weary sinner, eh?

Lord Richard Cameron: I don't follow.

General Kerensky: Never mind. Look out there, your Highness; what do you see?

Lord Richard Cameron: The //Aegis// about a klick to port, the //Michigan// to starboard. Several destroyers and a few Dropships.

General Kerensky: And what do they represent to you?

Lord Richard Cameron: The might of the Star League, the force by which the League can smite its enemies and create justice.

General Kerensky: Justice can be created?

Lord Richard Cameron: Of course.

General Kerensky: How? Justice is justice. It is the indefinable purpose of God we look for in life. It's not something we can create.

Lord Richard Cameron: Don't be funny, Aleksandr. Everyone knows that justice is one of the spoils of victory.

General Kerensky: Might is right?

Lord Richard Cameron: It is the noble way, isn't it?

General Kerensky: According to whose definition?

Lord Richard Cameron: Lord Amaris. He says that nobility is often just blind confidence.

General Kerensky: And when you believe you are right, then anything you do is right?

Lord Richard Cameron: Exactly. Why do you shake your head that way?


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