Narration: And he cast a look of censure and disdain upon the impressive collection of medals, trophies and honorary degrees in gold frames that graced the walls of Klapaucius’s study.
Klapaucius says: “A serious charge”, observed Klapaucius. “On what grounds do you make it?”
Trurl says: Hear me out, I shall explain. We have made peace between warring kingdoms, instructed monarchs in the proper use of power, fashioned machines to tell stories and machines to serve as quarry,
Trurl says: we have defeated evil tyrants as well as galactic bandits that lay in ambush for us, yet in all this we served only ourselves,
Trurl says: adding to our own glory—achieving next to nothing for the Common Good!
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