All related stories are now in the Truths and Lies Table of Contents! The First Voicing of Dredgen Truths Opinions One month before the Red War. Tower North, The Last City, Earth. "They call you Speaker why?" The man who wore white robes with a mask of the same color turned away from his desk. He looked at the guardian asking him and gave the same response he always did. "Because I speak for the Traveler." The man the Speaker had responded to looked amused at this answer. "And yet the Speaker seems like the perfect title for a politician in power. I think there are ulterior motives in your naming. I think you lie, and scheme. I think you sit on a throne calmly telling people it's a chair, using their trust in the Traveler against them. You sit on a throne of lies, advocating a belief made of lies. A belief some build their lives upon and die for." The Speaker's voice sounded strained as he replied but never lost its calm tone. "I tell no lies. I speak for the Traveler." The questioner let out a bitter laugh. "I suppose you do. You say we fight a war against the cold Dark. That we are the truth, and it is a lie. That In itself is a lie, you are a lie. It is true that the Dark is false, but so is the Light." "I could have you exiled for that statement. This train of thought you follow is poisonous, corrupting. It leads to treason, and endangerment of the people. Our conversation here is done, leave." The Speaker's voice had taken on a cold tone by the end of his words. And the questioner walked away. The Truths of Dredgen Truth: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/253445377?page=0&sort=0&showBanned=0&path=0