Hallok

Today three people described the same event three different ways. I recorded all three.

• The Chief EunuchOne of those three would be mine, I suppose.
  HallokYou were the one who answered most briefly, Chief Eunuch.
• EliasAmong those who told it differently, was any of them afraid?
  HallokFear is not an entry in the official record, Your Majesty.

This road ends in the record as two lines. Only someone who has actually walked it knows how short two lines really are.

• The Empress's Old Court LadyHistorian, have you ever followed that road all the way to its end?
  HallokNever. That's why I still haven't been able to rewrite those two lines.
• YeonhwaJust the sight of that road makes my legs go stiff.

No one raised an objection at today's council. It's on days without a single objection that the record grows longest.

• The Queen DowagerIs a harmonious court really so suspicious to you?
  HallokHarmony isn't an entry. Who stayed silent is the entry.
• EliasList everyone who stayed silent, in order, and bring it to me.
  HallokIt's already done, Your Majesty. The first line is you.