Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Day 323, Tuesday
November 20th, 2018
Chapter Two: Home
Life in the
Galactic Empire was like a woven tapestry, with the Continuum dictating how
every thread was stretched across the loom, integrating each starnd into the
fabric of the whole.
The images
were constantly changing, moving, developing, even the tiniest detail of the
lives of the citizens fed the hunger of the Collective.
The Imperial
government was the loom, the Imperial schools and the cult were the
shuttlecock, and the Observers in the field were like the hands that pulled the
threads through.
The Empire controlled every aspect of family life, how it
was employed, whether or not they would advance, how much they could save, how
much food was on their table.
To resist the will of the Empire even in thought, was
considered to be a grave sin.
A person could not move from one dwelling to the next
without Imperial approval. The Empire kept families bound to a single dwelling
for generations, only moving them if and when their rank changed, and that
occurred only if it served the interests of the Continuum, and the narratives
it was developing.
This offered the ordinary citizens a sense of normalcy
and reliability, but it stifled all of their hope.
Even marriage was subject to Imperial approval. In most
cases the Empire did not exercise that control, but it did when it served the broader
purpose of the Continuum. A marriage proposal would be approved or denied
“according to the will of the gods,” the Continuum and the Collective.
Procreation itself was tightly controlled.
For those with means, unsanctioned pregnancies could be
terminated. Those who were afraid to report to the empire or who could not
afford am abortion, were forced to abandon their children to the outcasts and
untouchables.
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