[Craigory has gathered a small group of people, in order to make a speech for himself and his endorsement in Quentin. He's very nervous and slightly (majorly) unprepared.] hey everyone.! i'm craigory tiberius the third! running for a council chair.! i'm.. ten years old.. been a miner for about 3... and also i'm now a soldier and a mage! i'm running on a bunch of things and i just wanted to talk a bit about them and stuff..! before i start though, i'm planning a soup kitchen with my dear friend quentin! if anyone would like to volunteer, please let me know! we really care for you guys, so like... yeah! uh... so yeah, one of the most important things to me is the reform of all the courts and stuff here! "justice system reform".. uh... gosh uhm.. i like.. really liked these comics! they're about this guy who.. goes and defends people in court cuz... hes a lawyer and he.. believes in everyone he meets.. and he exposes a ton of stuff too!! like how the prosecution's office were falsifying evidence and stuff and.... it's really important to me and it's what i wanna do!! the person who..... introduced it.. to me. .... isn't. [Silence.] ... [Craigory looks deep in thought. The small audience begins murmuring amongst themselves, when—] ..no. the justice thing IS important to me, but not just cuz of that. i know— knew. so many people who have paid for the wrongdoings of those rich grown ups. and i bet you do too. my mom, friends.. your parents and kids and whatnot would all be for the better if it weren't for them, who kept us from learning about the bad stuff with ceruleum, or never got us proper gloves and masks, or the people who hurtus-because w-we took a few steps out of line in the mine., or the people who c-constantly bel-littled us, on so-me dumb— thing, cu—z they had ba-tons or g-guns or fi-sts and we didn't. [Tears begin to form at his eyes.] I— I WATCHED ALL OF THAT! ANDF-FELT IT TOOAND. I'M-DONE WITH IT.! [Craigory's clock goes faster and faster. People begin to fall into his little rhythm. Rushed and worried.] THEY NE-NEED TO PAY! YO-UR FAMILIES ALL DE-SERVE SOMETHING. —MONEY OU—T OF THEIR OWN POCKET! T—TIME BEHIND BARS, OR ON THE FRO—NT LINES, MAYBE IN—THE MI—NES THEY FOR-CED US TO STAY IN. —becaus-e people aren't here anymore. i-if one less mine collapsed— if one more-person check-ed afte—r they did wh—at they had to do— and—even if i'—m still here i'll never for—get it. the system-used to- gasp- be onl-y ag-ainst us. th-e ri-ch guy-s coul-d do wh-atever cu-z we we-re th-e problem. an-d now they just- stand a-round like noth-ing happened. vote craigory. down with the bad guys. [He runs away from the platform crying, to some nearby alley, and hides away.]
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