On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Noam Izenberg wrote: >I would note that, looked at this way, Kelly's movement, even if a >raving success, is actually not a threat to the Empire or the Cycle - >and doesn't ever have to be - IF the Empire is willing to adapt its >power structure. In a similarly non-confrontational vein, a possibility that I've thought of is that Kelly's group moves out of Adrilanka. I've read a few things about communes created in the United States that were out in the hinterlands, that did OK for a while. Most eventually disappeared. But some may still exist. Another possibility is that he leaves the Empire entirely, going East, or West to Greenaere or Elde Island. This may cause trouble for the Empire in a few hundred or thousand years. We may yet see.