This world can turn me down
But I won't turn away
And I won't duck and run
'Cause I'm not built that way
When everything is gone
There is nothing there to fear
This world cannot bring me down
No, 'cause I'm already here
- 3 Doors Down, "Duck and Run", one of the songs from the Clear Channel memorandum
"Twenty-five years."
"Twenty-five years since that fateful late summer morning on Earth. At the time, it was the biggest blow to Earth's culture as we knew it. We didn't know how bad it would get later on. It happened one year, nine months and eleven days into my new job as the World Leader of Ergon. It saddened me so much that I disobeyed the Preservation Act and demolished Radio Row for our own World Trade Center. A World Trade Center that would never be harmed. A sacred monument to erasing the mistakes of Earth. A monument to the freedom and cooperation of Ergon. I even wanted Delta 4 to open on Seplute 11th to erase the hurt I had from that date, even if they pushed it back to New Year's Day."
"My time as World Leader may not be long. The government is already moving ahead with banning almost all new Earth cars from production in 2004. They've even sent out a "do not produce" list for next year's models. Delta 4 might be my final act as Leader. Who knows if people will even want Earthlisation in 2005, or 2010... How long will I be relevant, RoboPengu?"
<squawk>
"You're right. There's no sense in worrying about the future. Only planning for what you can and dealing with whatever else happens when it happens. Even if it's the unthinkable. But Earthlings are strong, and so are Ergonians. We always find a way. That's the sentient spirit."
Ergon's World Leader, Worl Lenthan, spends a candid moment atop 1 World Trade Center in Wuskebura City on Seplute 11, 2001. He knows he has nothing to fear; he knows the world he oversees would never do anything like that to him. There are no religious schisms or wars for territory. Oil is a shared resource. There would be no need for any government to terrorise its populace.
He sat up there from 06:00 on the 11th until 06:00 on the 12th. The planes never came. Ergon still had peace. The citizens would never know the pain Worl kept to himself, or why these two buildings - the tallest on Ergon - were important.
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