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All Men are Free?
Galtonius: I am Galtonius, the Great Wizard of Galt who believes in Voting and Rights. I would be a more subtle and less dangerous allegory if there was time for a second draft.
Sortitio: I am Sortitio, a Common Farmer conjured by Spells and forced to participate in Politics. I would have a better name if there was time for a second draft.
Galtonius: Behold, Simple Peasants, I give to you Rights, to protect you from the Crown. Every man should be Free. It is Evil for any Tyrant to force his Will on others just because he is more powerful. You should be free to do what you Will. For this I summon you to an Assembly to vote on what Rights to have.
Sortitio: We can vote for any Rights we want? To be free to do as we Will?
Galtionus: Yes, any Right.
Sortitio: We vote for the Right to Leave this Assembly.
Galtonius: No, not that one.
Sortitio: We vote to Abolish Slavery?
Galtonius: You have voted Correctly. It is Evil for any man to be Kidnapped from his Home and forced to Labor. Every man should have the Right to choose who he Labors for, and the right to abscond without being Forcibly Held by a tyrant Master.
Sortitio: Is this true?
Galtonius: Yes.
Sortitio: It is against my Will to labor in this Convention, I will instead return to my Home.
Galtonius: With my Spells do I Conjure you.
Sortitio: Calamity! I am Conjured.
Galtonius: I did not permit you to leave. Now vote for more Rights to protect you from the Tyrant Crown.
Sortitio: We vote that Rights should also protect us from Great Wizards.
Not the vile scribe’s best material. It is too blunt and too obvious in its message. A proper Vile Scribe pamphlet should feel like it’s sneering at everyone, with enough layers of metaphor and foreign characters you aren’t sure of its real target of mockery. It’s kind of a disappointment if this is really his (or her’s) last pamphlet. Going out with a whimper. Still, she’ll hold onto it despite it no longer being legal.
Actually, maybe it’s falsely attributed and had some other author? …Maybe it’s part of some entrapment operation! That would explain the worse quality of writing and humor. And they have some agents going around with locate object or some similar spell to catch anyone with this pamphlet. So she drops it as she leaves the cafe.