Chapter 3 The Oration of Serenity The roar of the crowd was a symphony to my ears, a testament to the carefully cultivated devotion that bloomed wherever I spoke. Tonight, it was paradise city , a mid-sized city in what they still quaintly referred to as Lights world. The holographic banners depicting my image, radiating benevolence and wisdom, fluttered in the manufactured breeze above the vast plaza. They saw what I allowed them to see: the architect of a new Eden, a beacon of hope in a world weary of strife. From the elevated stage, bathed in a soft, unifying light (a touch I always insisted upon), I surveyed the faces before me. Their eyes, filled with a mixture of awe and trust, were mirrors reflecting the carefully crafted narrative I had woven over the decade. World hunger, a stain on their history, was eradicated. Wars, those barbaric relics of a less enlightened age, were a distant memory. The disparate nations had finally, willingly, surrendered their petty squabbles to ...
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