You don't need my permission, but you have it. I trust you to work for the good.

Eventually, the team's sniper proves pliable and becomes central to a plot to use one of the drones for a political assassination here in the US, and it's up to the other team members to stop him.

It was called Bronze Archer. And that was my incomplete run at a political techno thriller.

As I returned home, I was mildly amused to realize he has the name I always use when describing some generic person, and quite often when externalizing my own behavior. Funny.

Sorry, not Wicked Witch. That's... Snow White's step mom. A witch of some wickedness.

Who needs ChatGPT when you've got Fidel? 🤷‍♂️

The only one that springs to mind is the wicked witch's mirror, in so far as that may be considered a weapon. Villains are usually betrayed by their lieutenant, not a weapon, and their downfall is almost Universally attempting to wield more power than they are capable of controlling.

I do not Believe their claims about autonomous operation. This machine is still on wires in every important respect, but they would like you to believe otherwise.

I do not Believe they will ever accomplish their aim, but others may.

So, it becomes a drama about young people with exceptional ability thrust into a situation where they're wielding far too much power. Deciding who lives and dies, and grappling with their own responsibility.

If my suspicions are correct, that sword is not meant for any pretend king's hand.

Also, I do not believe the narrator of that video to be human. 60 Minutes is farming out to generative voices.

The name also tells me he's made a mistake and forged someone else's weapon.

And I'll be so bold as to say he's presently misnamed it. It's Narsil. It's incomplete.

there has been constant pressure now for centuries to unite the fractured nations of the great continent to the south as well as the bridge that connects us... and the pressure has never been greater than at this instant. but that motion does not stop at the bridge. it charges from sea to sea.

i speak of devout christian nations full of Believers, who cry out to jesus and mother mary for mercy. i speak of the persecuted christians who we all pretend do not exist, because they only exist in the shadow of the rich and wealthy who twist their religion into atrocity

if you can perceive the way arab nations react to the horrors in gaza, then you can understand the magnitude of what i'm trying to express