Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

“Talstan is too intent on the Kassikan.”“So they believe it is real?”“That would be the only thing that would explain theiractions,” Kelvin said. “Maybe they believe their ownpropaganda, that the Kassikan is the great Satan that hascorrupted America, then Europe and now Brasil with theirenticements.”“What’s the realpolitic of it?”“That may be it,” Kelvin said.“It’s all a hack.”“But he used a lot of what was there and combined it witha lot of archtypes. The historical events happened,” Kelvinlectured. “We don’t like to admit it, but America had fallen,even before this war. Talstan thinks we fell in the 1960’s, theythink 1969 when an American walked on the moon wasAmerica’s high water mark. Europe was a generation behind,Asia one more after that. It was all because those cultures hadreligions that couldn’t adapt to science.”“What historical events?” Heymon asked.“The revolution in music and society. Alan used all that inhis hack. The extremists in Talstan don’t see it that way, theysee all those societal changes as tampering by the Kassikan.”Heymon laughed loudly. “You think they are thatdeluded?”“I do, and for that reason I don’t think they would haveaborted the Al-Harron’s mission. I’m very convinced that shipout there,” he pointed to the dot representing the bogie on his285