— So how'd you become a lord?
— Oh. That's a long story.
— Better not, then. l'm a bit busy.
We had to come from somewhere. The human mind is too primitive to understand that "somewhere."
I learnt early: those who are quickest to tally your value often do it on your spots alone.
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!
— We have researched you. You have never been a friend of the Government. They have used you. And I imagine you have found out already that no amount of money allows you to pass through the steel sheets that separate class from class.
— Yes. Yes, that I have learnt.
— Men like you would terrify them — a man better than them at what they do.
But I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, and destiny is all.