Flatland Page #2

- I'm gonna be a feeler forever.

- It will have to wait!

I never miss an appointment!

In other news, additional troops

are being deployed to the Northern

Border in a show of force...

Oh get a load of that one!

President Circle's arriving!

Attend your Configuration!

We have the right to color!

We have the right to color!

Attend to your Chromatization.

Attend to your Chromatization.

Attend to your Chromatization.

Attend to your Chromatization.

Attend to your Chromatization.

Attend to your Configuration!

Attend to your Configuration.

Attend to your Configuration.

Attend to your Configuration.

Attend to your Configuration.

Attend to your Chromatization.

Attend to your Chromatization.

Attend to your Configuration!

Attend to your Configuration!

- Hey watch it buddy!

- I'm not a Chromatist can't you see that!

- Eh, whadda ya in for?

- I wanna see my lawyer.

...What's in charge here?...

Careful, she's a Chromatist and a female.

Accused Chromatist.

Yeah, that's what they all say.

But she ain't no accused female.

She's very sharp and can kill you in a second.

Watch yourself.

If she gets out of line I'll be down the hall.

Ms. Line?

Ms. Line? I'm your court-appointed attorney.

I'm required by law to tell you that

I'm not obligated to take your case.

Is that understood?

- You must answer me if I'm to remain.

- I understand!

Good. Now, do you...

- wish to confess?

- Confess?

Your affiliation with the Chromatic Sedition?

My what? Is that what they said?

- Yeah.

- Do I look like a Chromatist?

But the arrest warrant states

that you were picked up as a...

I was arrested for failing

to use my Peace-cry.

- Well, Is that all?

- YES!

Well...

I'm afraid the charge just can't be changed.

So why are you here?

I know why I'm here, but why are you?

When you came in I was dreaming about...

I can't explain it.

There are no words.

A not-here, an else, a something else.

Elsewhere.

It wasn't here, it wasn't our world...

In my dream I thought,

so this isn't all there is?

I know. Crazy.

What else is there but here,

this... this Flatland?

- What did you say?

- Ugh! Nothing.

Why do you call the world Flatland?

I don't know. Because it's FLAT?

I don't see your point.

The world is a plane, of course it's flat.

I know, but in my dream...

Dreams? Dreams aren't admissible in court...

I don't see any angle I can take that

could possibly change your sentence.

- Which will be?

- Do you want to hear what the judge will say?

- His exact words?

- Yes!

Angles of sharpness will pierce and slice and

segment your person until you are dead, DEAD...

I'm sorry. Is there anyone?

- A husband, children?

- No, I'm alone!

Who am I? What am I?

Counselor, what are we here for?

To prepare your defense.

Maybe I'm nothing. Or will be soon.

So hey...

Why not simply do it for them now?

- Do what for them?

- My execution!

Because that's... against the law...

oh no... wait a minute!

WAIT! WAIT!

Guards! Guards! Guards!

ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS!

ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS!

GUARDS! GUARDS!

- What the! Where is she? Did she escape?

- You're not going to find her!

- She didn't escape!

- You don't mean she...

But you're her attorney!

How could you let her do that?

And how was I supposed to stop her?

I told her it was illegal!

What's going on here?

Where's the prisoner?

- She... she, uh, ate herself, sir.

- WHAT?

It's true. I was in the cell with her,

discussing her defense, when she... she...

- You couldn't stop her?

- What was I supposed to do?

She was a line! She could've killed me!

- There was nothing I could do!

- Nothing? Nothing!

All attorneys should be sliced into

little pieces and fed to the irregulars!

Oh, I've seen a lot of things!

I've rounded the cape and

watched the burning of Glenhaussen!

I've seen compatriots split

in two by the thousands

and I've killed just as many

of the enemy in my time!

But in all my years...

I have never seen such

a sniveling coward as you!

Get out of my sight!

Come on man. I'll show you out...

I'm going to inform

the bar association about this!

- He didn't mean what he said.

- Yes he did.

And... he's right.

This is a bad time.

Big things at the Senate today.

I'd get home as soon as possible if I were you.

All the CDF units in the city are mobilizing.

- Mobilizing?

- That's all I can say.

Citizens!

This is a crucial moment in world history.

Conflict looms between our Republic

and our Northern neighbors.

Even now the engines of war

are building at the border.

I understand the need for reunification.

For too long, families have been

torn apart by the political divide.

For too long,

we've watched our

poor brothers across the border

crushed by the tyranny of the Northern Monarch.

Citizens, has it been so long since

we've cast away the cruelty of kings...

that we've forgotten how precious freedom is?

The Northern Kingdom preaches equality...

...but practices Chromatism!

They allow Irregular children

to avoid reconfiguration.

Some years ago we followed suit,

and allowed reconfiguration to become optional.

And what happened, friends?

We blurred the lines of freedom, perhaps forever!

Ah, interesting trinkets, aren't they?

I can't take my eye off them.

What are they?

Uh, umm I don't really know.

What is the, ah, the purpose of the glowing?

No clue.

- Are they alive?

- Naw. Maybe. Naw.

- What are they made of?

- Rocks. Minerals. Crystals or something.

- Don't know, really.

- Where are they from?

A distant territory in the Northern Kingdom.

The North?

But you can't sell those here, can you?

That's illegal...

They change the law every other day.

I can't keep up.

You won't turn me in will you?

Well, I'm an attorney.

That makes me an officer of the court.

I guess that entitles you

to a little discount, hmm?

- What do you call them?

- Glow Points.

Do they do anything else except glow like that?

- Well, that depends.

- On what?

On your mood.

Here, hold one.

Careful, they're delicate.

And be careful what they touch,

they can go dead in a heartbeat.

- All right. How much?

- Oh, they ain't cheap.

Tough to get all the way

through the border, you know.

- Especially in these times.

- Of course, of course...

Senator Chromatistes does have his points.

Of course reunification under

our own terms is desirable.

But under Chromatistic terms?

A thief could color himself

to resemble a priest.

A rapist could color himself

to resemble an attorney.

Under Chromatism, the whole science

of Sight Recognition perishes!

Citizens, how are we to protect our daughters

and wives under The Senator's scheme?

Oo hoo hoo hoo!

Let me through, let me through!

Wherever possible,

our Prist Circles seek equality for everyone.

That's why we have the

Hospital of Reconfiguration.

Yes, we lose some children,

but in every case, EVERY case,

the parent knows the risk.

What is civilization based on if not

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