The Orphaned Worlds (69 page)

And you said that accidents are inevitable – what’s that supposed to mean?

SIMPLY THAT THE GREATER THE POWERS EXERCISED BY THOSE OPPOSED TO LIFE, THE GREATER THE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES
IN GATHERING POWER TO THEMSELVES
THEY MAKE THEMSELVES THE FOCUS OF ACCIDENTAL OUTCOMES
USUALLY THESE OUTCOMES ARE NOT WHAT THEY WANT

Well, that’s all very pretty and mystical,
he thought.
Don’t see how it helps, though.

I SEEK TO PROVIDE PERSPECTIVE
ACCIDENTS ARE ANTICIPATED