#Mergen Khan

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Mergen Khan: The God of Reason in Turkic Mythology

Mergen Khan and His Divine LineageThe Representation of Mergen Khan and Associated FiguresSymbolism and Mythical ConnectionsMergen Khan’s Greek Mythology CounterpartsConclusionVideo: Türk Mitolojisi-Akıl Tanrısı Mergen HanYou may also like Mergen Khan, also known as Pergen Khan, holds a significant place in Turkic and Altai mythology as the God of Reason. Representing intelligence and wisdom, he…

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Mergen info & mythology

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A Turkic god of wealth and intelligence. Mergen is commonly shown with a bow and arrow in one hand. Other significant emblems include a white horse and the colour white. He is related with profundity and shown as a mighty god. Mergen is Kayra's[1][2] son and Ulgan's sibling. He dwells on the seventh floor of the sky. He was represented as a young guy on a white horse, with a helmet and a bow. Mergen represents intelligence and thinking.

He is quick-witted and smart, as well as a skilled archer. Because of his knowledge, he is regarded the deity who purged evil from the earth.

The bow and arrow are emblems of Mergen Khan's justice and dominion, demonstrating his courage and valour. The appearance of the wolf's head emphasises his Turkish heritage. Hızır developed the unique pied horse, thought to be Mergen Khan's steed, which was nurtured by the Altai Turks.

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Infinite inevitability.

"Why are you so calm?" Savra tore herself away from the papers and looked around the department. The men were relaxed, fooling around. Khan and Rodon were throwing paper balls at each other, Fadge was lazily flicking the settings, aiming the destroyer at the paper-balls that had fallen to the floor. Mergen looked out the window, where Firokami was sparkling with life. " Don't you guys even care? We've got a killer walking around town!" " There's more than one," Mergen said lazily, turning away from Firokami and toward the girl. He put his hands behind his head and half-lounged in a comfortable chair. "Savra, it's only in bad movies or the same bad books detectives consider their raison d'être* to catch a murderer. Or some maniac. Or whatever. But there won't be fewer maniacs, murderers or other criminals. Spending your life on one person is... something from the realm of erotic fantasies. What's that in psychology? Negative intimacy? Something like that. "We're not living under socialism, or whatever Amiy calls it... something out of a book from a thousand years ago... the era of the outstretched hand or something. That's what he calls the communist utopian system," Han joined the conversation. "There, it is a natural goal, to catch and reeducate criminals. All of them. But we live in a world that breeds criminals. People have nowhere to go but to commit crimes. Didn't you learn sociology in high school? "I did, that's why I don't understand why, if every Firokaman knows about the historical laws of society, why doesn't anyone make a better system?!" "Because every Firokamian knows why it won't work," Rodon smirked, "no one wants to waste their lives. It's a thankless task. Where can we put all those perpetually disgruntled whiners? The bourgeois who can't get enough of anything." "Well, maybe we could... teach..." Savra began. "Well, now they teach everyone everything. So what? - Rodon smirked again. - Firokami simply obeys the laws of society as best he can without backsliding. The side effect, of course, is people thrown out of society. Who have nothing left but to find meaning in a life of crime. "Even if they're psychotic, angry, evil morons. They have nowhere to go for treatment. There is no treatment. They understand how they're going to be treated, and they certainly don't want to be treated that way," Mergen said. "So we're just relentless retribution. The psychos in Firokami just need to know that we're going to catch them anyway. That it's more expensive to commit crimes than not to. Today or tomorrow, we'll catch them." Mergen sighed. " But it's not worth it to worry about them, to stay up nights, to waste your nerves and your health, even your mood. Not only do they never end here, but they're in neighboring worlds, too. You catch one here, and he'll continue to shit right next to you, just one choice away." "Then why are we working?" The girl asked. "For their decisions." Fadge smiled at the girl. "Like the guys said, to make everyone realize that it's more expensive for them to commit a crime than not to. So the world doesn't get better from any work we will have done, but it gets better from the fact that we do it. You got that?

*reason of being Smiling killer. Extra puzzles - 2. AlbireoMKG

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“It is told in The Secret History of the Mongols how the first Mongol (Batachiqan) was born of a blue-grey wolf and a fallow doe. Eleven generations after this first human ancestor, a descendant of his called Dobun Mergen married a woman named Alan Qo’a and they had two sons, Bugunutei and Belgunutei. Dobun Mergen died soon afterwards leaving Alan Qo’a without brothers-in-law and male relatives, and without a husband.

Yet, after the death of her husband, she conceived three more sons from a ‘resplendent yellow man’ who ‘entered by the light of the smoke-hole or the door top of the tent’. This supernatural being, as Thomas T. Allsen has described it, rubbed the woman’s belly every night and penetrated her womb with light. The youngest of the three sons (Bodonchar) born from Alan Qo’a and the ‘man of light’ was the founder of the Borjigin lineage, from which Chinggis Khan was later born.

Despite the combination of legend and myth contained in this story, it is relevant to highlight the fact that in the Mongol conception of their own ancestry, the mythical past and the historical presence of the Chinggisids were linked by a woman, and it is described in the source that this was the Mongols’ own ‘official’ accounting.”

“The relevance of women in the legendary past of the Mongols was not restricted to a single character. It is remarkable that The Secret History of the Mongols mentions the names of different women related to Chinggis Khan’s ancestors. For example, the grandmother of Alan Qo’a (Barqujin Qo’a) and both her mother-in-law (Boroqchin Qo’a) and grandmother-in-law (Mongqoljin Qo’a) are mentioned at the beginning of the story. No information other than their names is provided, yet it seems to be enough to establish the genealogical link between the direct descendants of Batachiqan and Alan Qo’a’s family.”

“...This foundation myth of the Turks as well as the Mongols has a strong component of female involvement. As we will see later on in the case of Chinggis Khan, the mother and chief wife play crucial roles in the early development of nomadic heroes. In the case above, the first two people in the tribe to ‘believe in God’ after Oghuz are his mother and favorite wife. Later on, the confrontation between father and son is generated by women, who betray him by telling his father about his beliefs. Finally, his favorite wife sends another woman to alert him of his father’s intentions. This last action is frequently re-enacted in traditional Mongol society, with women advising rulers and protecting them from the treachery of other members of the family.”

- Bruno De Nicola, “Women and Politics from Steppes to the World Empire.” in Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206-1335

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CHINGGIS KHAN AND THE PEACE-LOVING RHINOCEROS?

The name of this write up is taken from an article by the late, great Mongolist, Professor Igor de Rachewiltz’s article, “More about the Story of Cinggis-Qan and the Peace-Loving Rhinoceros,” http://www.eastasianhistory.org/42/rachewiltz-peace-loving-rhinoceros.  In it, he discusses an interesting tale which comes to us from several Chinese and Mongolian sources, wherein Chinggis Khan was dissuaded from attacking India by a Rhinoceros sent by Heaven, which sometimes talks.

The story goes as thus, (with some variation): in  late 1221, Chinggis Khan had defeated Jalal al-Din Mingburnu, the leader of the Khwarezmian resistance, on the Indus River. Mingburnu escaped by jumping into the River and fleeing into India. At some point while along the edges of India, Chinggis, or his riders, spot a huge, strange animal with a single horn coming from its nose. Having never seen such a beast before, Chinggis turns to his soothsayer and advisor, the educated Buddhist Khitan Yelu Chucai (1189-1243), who explains it was a chüeh-tuan, a legendary animal from Chinese mythology. Obviously, it was a sign from Heaven that Chinggis Khan must not attack India, and turn back. Chinggis, a wise and prudent monarch who relies on Heaven’s  backing recognizes this, and turns his army back.

This story is not recorded in any Persian sources, any of Yelu Chucai’s surviving works, the Secret History of the Mongols or the Shengwu qinzheng lu, and has traditionally been dismissed as fabricated to enhance Yelu Chucai’s importance in this period, or not commented on at all. Indeed, when we actually read the medieval accounts, they do not seem at face value as readily reliable:

In the Yuan Shih (written in the 1370s, but from Yuan Dynasty documents):

“In [1224], when [Chinggis Khan], having reached Eastern India, was encamped at the Iron Gate Pass, a one-horned animal with a body like a deer’s, but with a horse’s tail and green in colour, addressed the imperial bodyguard in human speech saying, ‘Your master should return home as soon as possible!’ The Emperor questioned [Yelu Chucai] about it. He replied ‘This is an auspicious animal called chüeh-tuan. It is capable of speaking all the world’s languages, it loves life and abhors bloodshed. This is a happy omen sent down by Heaven to warn Your Majesty. You are Heaven’s eldest son, and all the men under Heaven are your children. Pray accept the will of Heaven and preserve the people’s lives.’ That very same day the Emperor withdrew the army’” de Rachewiltz, pg. 58-59

In Sung Tzu-Chen’s (1186-1266) memorial for Yelu Chucai:

“When [Chinggis Khan] encamped at the Iron Gate Pass in Eastern India, his body-guard saw an animal with a deer’s body, a horse’s tail, green, and with a single horn. Being capable of human speech, it said ‘Your master should return home as soon as possible!’ The Emperor, amazed, questioned [Yelu Chucai], who replied, ‘This animal is called chüeh-tuan. It [can] travel eighteen thousand li a day and it knows all the foreign languages. It is a symbol of abhorrence to bloodshed that Heaven Above has sent to warn Your Majesty. Pray accept the will of Heaven and spare the people’s lives in these few [remaining] countries, thus giving full effect to Your Majesty’s infinite blessings.’ That very same day the Emperor issued the order for the army to withdraw.”  de Rachewiltz, pg. 59.

With access to internet and media, we of course know that these are very poor descriptions of a Rhinoceros, which generally are not very good at speaking any human languages. But consider this: none of these writers had actually seen this incident, or a Rhinoceros. When they heard that Yelu Chucai had interpreted the beast as being a chüeh-tuan, then they would literally describe it as being a chüeh-tuan. In one version, it is Mongol scouts who spot the Rhinoceros and report back to Chinggis, who asks Yelu Chucai his thoughts. Note that the Mongol scouts had never seen a Rhinoceros before, or had any idea what one was, so to see one would be quite the shock, and would quite possibly have returned with an already exaggerated depiction. Yelu Chucai, having never seen one either, but a learned man familiar with Chinese literature, used that experience to interpret it based off his education, which then later authors see as being a literal chüeh-tuan. As de Rachewiltz suggested, this story may have been based on a real event, but was exaggerated to emphasize different aspects, such as Yelu Chucai’s influence or Chinggis’ connection to Heaven.

Now, one Persian source, Juvaini, notes that part of the reason Chinggis didn’t press into India was due to bad omens and the words of his soothsayers. When we recall that this was one of Yelu Chucai’s main functions in the Khan’s court, we can assume that this Rhinoceros sighting may have been one determining factor which led Chinggis to choose not to push into India (you can see other reasons in my video on the matter: https://youtu.be/EkhbinEtSAY), but not, as our eastern sources suggest, the sole cause of Chinggis’ departure.

Of final interest, is that Rachewiltz noted that this event also shows up in two later Mongolian sources: the Erdeni-yin tobči of the 17th century, and the Altan tobči of the 18th.

In the Erdeni-yin tobči (Precious Historical Summary of the Origins of Khans) by the Ordos prince Saγang-secen completed in 1662:

“Thereupon, when [Chinggis Khan]...  rode against India, on crossing the mountain defile called the Candanarang Pass, he came upon a wild animal, called the seru (‘rhinoceros’), which had a single horn on top of its head. It made obeisance, bending its knees three times before the Lord. While everyone marvelled at it, [Chinggis Khan] spoke thus and said, ‘That vajra-seat of India is said to be the country where the sublime Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and the powerful Holy Rulers of the past were born. Now, why does this speechless animal make obeisance thus, like a man? If we go [to India], we will perhaps be punished [by Heaven]? Could Heaven Above, my father, have warned me?’ He wheeled round and returned home.” de Rachewiltz,  pg 62-63.

As you may have guessed, this was written after the Mongols’ conversion to Buddhism. It uses an unknown Chinese source for this version, which has now left out Yelu Chucai.

In the 18th century Altan tobci (Golden historical summary) of Mergen-gegen, based off the Yuan Shih, the story now includes Chinggis’ brother Qasar, as the Altan Tobci was essentially a genealogical work on Qasar and his descendants (who became quite important in Mongolia after Yuan Dynasty was pushed from China). Qasar was possibly already dead by this point in history, but the exact fate of Chinggis’ brothers Qachiun and Qasar is not clear.

“In [1224], when [Chinggis Khan] set out to conquer the [Tangut], Qasar set out [with him] leading the army as general. Upon reaching the Iron Gate, while they were halting [there], the soldiers discussed among themselves the fact that one night [some of them] had seen a creature with a body like that of a deer, a horse’s tail, and green in colour, which, speaking in Mongolian had said, ‘[Khan], go back quickly!’ On that occasion, [Yelu Chucai] memorialised… ‘This supernatural animal can speak in human tongue. It is called kiyuu-tuvan (chüeh-tuan). It is Heaven that has spoken through it. If the [Khan], complying with the intention of Heaven, withdraws the army, it will be real wisdom.’ Qasar said, ‘If you, secretary [Chucai], find it difficult to proceed, [then] you withdraw your own person (that is, you yourself turn back)! Why do you interfere in… important government affairs making up lies and dissuading the [Khan]? I am over sixty years old, and have been to various countries, but I have never seen it or heard of it. Whence came the so-called kiyuu-tuvan that day and became the messenger of Heaven? [Do you think that] Qasar will also be deceived by this fabrication of yours?’ So he greatly railed [at him]. [However,] as [Chinggis] had long since recognised the wisdom of [Yelu Chucai], he regarded Qasar’s behaviour as improper and, after reprimanding him, withdrew the great army.” de Rachewiltz, pg 63

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It's such a wild ride, you go from

"The son of Batachiqan was Tamacha; the son of Tamacha, Qorichar Mergen; the son of Qorichar Mergen, A'ujam Boro'ul; the son of A'ujam Boro'ul, Sali Qacha'u; the son of Sali Qacha'u, Yeke Nidun; the son of Yeke Nidun, Sem Sochi, the son of Sem Sochi, Qarchu."

To an offhand mention that Qarchu's son - Borjigidai Mergen - had a son named Toroqoljin Bayan who had two really nice horses and also by the way one of his sons was a cyclops who could see really far.

One day the one-eyed son saw some people in the distance and noticed a fine-looking lass in a cart and thought "hell yeah I hope she's single cuz my younger brother definitely is and he needs a woman in his life"

And after a while of ups and downs like that you get to the life drama of Temujin in a "I bet you're wondering how I got here" style prologue to him being named Genghis Khan and starting one of the greatest conquests in history.

If you haven’t read a translated version of The Secret History of the Mongols for the love of god add it to your list

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02/07: CHINGGIS KHAAN

The Great Khaan whom founded Mongolia. Chinggis symbology has diversified across time. Initially, the Mongolian’s are said to have practiced ancestral worshipping. Chinggis Khaan was worshipped in this regard and his sons continued his rule post his death. Therefore, Chinggis’ image and name is symbolic of power, imperialism and divine control, even in modern context. This can also literally be seen in image 1, 3 and 4 - the significant size of these monuments manifests power and national identity. 

Through the evolution of Tibet Buddhism in Mongolia, Chinggis became a symbol of religion. It is said that Mongolia’s imperial lineage is directly associated to Buddhism and claim that “Khorichar-Mergen, Chinggis Khaan’s ancestor of twenty-one generations before, was the reincarnation of Padmasambhava, a great master of Tantrayana and founder of the Buddhist faith in Tibet” (Khan N.D). 

However, since Mongolia’s democratic revolution, Chinggis has transformed from this image, to that of national independence, social unity and cultural pride. The airport is named after him; he is featured on almost ever note of currency; and hotels and restaurants are named after him. His image, name and story is representative of Mongolian ethnicity and the true Mongolian identity, culture and way of life. 

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Kayra - mythology and information

Kayra or Kaira (Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰖𐰺𐰀) is the creation god of Turkic mythology. Ulukayın, the tree of life, was placed by the deity. Kayra is characterised as both father and mother, and she lives in the 17th stratum of heaven. He is the pantheon's highest god and the son of Tengri, a sky deity. This son, Kara Han (the black king or lord of the land - Kara may indicate land, earth, black, or strong, powerful), abandoned his father's house in heaven and went to dwell in the underworld. He was sometimes referred to as Kara-Khan (the black king), and his father was the ancordial god Tengri.

History-

Tangri (God) Kara Han, according to traditional Turkic mythology, is neither male, female, or even human, but rather a pure-white geese that hovers ceaselessly over an unending stretch of water (time), the beneficent creator of everything that is, including the other, lesser gods. Among all Altaic Tartars, the dualistic divide is most obvious (Ulgen and Erlik), and the supreme god, Tengre Kaira Khan, is a good force. However, before Ak Ana emerges to push it to create, Kara-han grows uneasy, with creation taking place in a situation of loneliness, tumult, and dread: the water becomes turbulent, yet it reassures itself that it "need not fear" (the implication being that it is actually terrified).

Kara-han, the supreme deity in the cosmos it created, is the king of the three realms of air, water, and land. He sits on the seventeenth level of the universe and chooses the fate of its creation. After establishing the universe, it established the nine-branched tree of life, from which human ancestors descended. As a result, there were nine races (or clans). It has three sons, Ulgan, Mergen, and Kyzaghan.

Mythology-

Kayra Han is the creator God of Turkish and Altai mythology. He is also known as Kayýr Han. He is the Head God. He is the greatest and most recognisable of the gods. He made everything. He has ultimate supremacy. Sit on the 17th floor of the witness. He created other gods. In this respect, when compared to other gods, the attitude of one angel who obeys his commands or performs his duty will not be incorrect. However, no angel or equivalent notion exists in pre-Islamic Turkish culture. This result can only be obtained through comparison. Kayra Han decides the fate of the cosmos. The path of kindness is excellent. After creating the world, he planted a nine-branched tree (pine or beech). The live tree "Uluğ Kayın" links the spot with the chest. Nine individuals, the ancestors of mankind, descended from the branches of this tree, and nine tribes (nine races) evolved from their lineage.

Tengere (god) Kayra Khan is revered as a high-ranking god in the mythology of certain Siberian civilizations, including the Altais, Ostyaks, and Rubies. The tale of the construction of altars depicts it as the world's creator. In this mythology, Kayra Khan is also assigned the responsibility of becoming the god of the underworld as punishment for Erlik Khan, who is recognised as the god of all buried wealth. Sometimes it is equivalent to Göktanrı. He has three sons named Ülgen, Mergen, and Kızagan. Ulgen represents goodness and mercy, also known as Cemalini; Kagan represents fury and punishment; and Mergen represents wisdom and sovereignty. He exudes a beautiful presence. Concrete aspects are not well developed, but the abstract direction is more defined. There are sources that identify Mother and Ancestor (both male and feminine, neutral). He isn't shown much in human form. He spends winter on earth and summer in the sky. His lightning hits in many colours. Those who are struck by his thunderbolt become shamans.

He emits a stunning presence. The concrete features are not well explored, but the abstract orientation is more defined. There are references identifying Mother and Ancestor (both male and female, neutral). He is rarely portrayed in human form. He spends the winter on the ground and the summer in the air. His lightning strikes in a variety of hues. Those hit by his thunderbolt become shamans.

Signs and symbols-

Non that I can find right now!

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Sunray in the web

Suddenly, Rodon looked up from his work and looked at Khan. Jealousy unpleasantly angered, and the sadist did not know how to throw out rage.

- Sometimes it seems to me that you are in my web, and then I am calm, - he began crackling and angrily, not embarrassed, of course, by Mergen, - but then I suddenly see that it's not like that, you are not in, I see you can slip away. How to catch you?

Khan laughed sunnyly, but one could hear a malicious mockery in the intoxicating friendly laugh.

- I will never be in your web.

- Why? – Rodon asked in a businesslike manner, gazing at his friend.

- To move into your web, it must be only mine. But you will die of hunger without your flies, which you catch to play with. I will not be among them.

Mergen smiled warmly.

- Khan is a sunray, not a fly. You can't catch a ray of sunshine.

Where you are waited. Extra puzzles. AlbireoMKG

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Careness

In den 38, LEDs were lit in crowded places. The evening was noisy, it was raining outside, and almost all the inhabitants of the brothel were here.

Aalz sat cross-legged on the blanket, listening to the hubbub of his gang with a languid smile.

There was a scrape of metal on the concrete. The company subsided, turning to the sound as if on command, there were discordant surprised “oh”.

At the wall, playing with a metal pipe, stood a man who looked somewhat like Aalz. He got up and walked lazily towards the guest.

- What do you need? - Aalz asked.

- This is your family? - Rodon nodded at the company around the "tablecloth".

- Something like that, - Aalz chuckled without turning around.

- Take care of it. And I take care of Parady. You are an extra puzzle in our mosaic.

- Ah, that's it, - Aalz chuckled.

Rodon chuckled the same way.

The men just looked at each other for a while and seemed to communicate mentally.

- Well, I'll think about it, - Aalz went back, turning his back to the guest.

Rodon headed for the exit and soon he was already flying through the night Firokami to the house of detectives.

Aalz gazed thoughtfully ahead of him, covering his thin lips with the same thin fingers. Silvery eyes sparkled with a smile. He pulled out a gadget from the pocket of one of the gang and dialed Paradis' account.

-Say, - Khan’s sunny-soft voice replied.

- Remember the dead woman in the parking lot? Faruz didn't kill her, - said Aalz.

- Want to come? Then tell it me. I'm at Mergen's, - Khan asked in a businesslike manner.

- Yes, why not, - Aalz exhaled a lingering smile, looked around the gang without seeing, handed over the gadget, got up, and went to the exit.

To where you are waited for. Extra puzzles. AlbireoMKG

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Rich enough

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-Firokami has flourished so much that he can afford pockets of socialism, -Mergen grinned, looking around. The scientific town of Firokami was a cozy corner of the quiet life of very smart people. Futuristic town, even by the standards of Firokami, it was the standard of the laws of harmony and aesthetics. Some kind of resonant and familiar feeling evoked this Town in everyone who found themselves in it. Sometimes those who admired the poignantly happy atmosphere came here to live. The Town was built according to the aspirations of humanistic scientific thought. Scientists of all times dreamed of such a future, and people received the most complete description of it during the outbreak of progress, many centuries ago, in the twentieth century, thanks to the works of humanistic science fiction writers. The Town was closed, it was necessary to have an invitation from one of the residents to come here - Firokami kept the peace of his best minds. Residents of the Town were free to travel and live in Firokomi, because, in fact, the Town was a district of the City. The public, overbearing sexuality that was common in Firokami was not in favor here. Of course, here too people strayed into love groups, and here the scientists had slaves, but the personal life scientists left at home so as not to distract, not to involve others in games. Here the main interest of all was work and science. The guests of the Town passed the test - it was mandatory if you stay in the Town for more than a day - the test showed compatibility with the way of the Gorodok. More often there was incompatibility, which was not reported to the guest. The guest lived in the Town, imbued with harmony and beauty, walked, gasped, admired, problems began when he tried to convey his quasi-cynical opinion about life to the inhabitants of the Town, his disappointment with the meaninglessness of life, lamenting about himself in front of the bright naivety of scientists. In the Town, it was not customary to restrain oneself; scientists carried out the laws of some kind of secular tact only when leaving their native the Town. And dialectics reigned in the movement of scientific thought - all spheres of science intermingled. Any physicist in the Town could give odds to an ordinary "civilian" psychologist, and any historian to a "civilian" mathematician. Then, with all the pragmatism of a scientist, the interlocutor explained that all this mental lethargy and a sense of the meaninglessness of life from limitation and ignorance, dissatisfaction from the underdevelopment of the mind and inability to create. But even if such unpleasant conversations did not happen, after a while it became clear to the guest that it would not be possible to live here - no one showed interest in the guest, no one tried to integrate him into the life of the Town. It was all the more painful to see how friendly and joyfully they drew into life also a newcomer who moved here to work. You need to be on the wave of the Town, move where it aspired to, wish for the same. And then it became clear that the Town was the same Firokami, his next step. Even more ruthless, even more categorical, even more beautiful, even more selective. Only for those who have grown up, ready for such a life. So far, the Town was only an inconspicuous speck on the map, shaped like a biological heart, with four specks that looked like unknown runes, branches of the Town Research Institute in the south, west, east and north of Firokami. -Well, that's reasonable too. The visual meaning of life, - Khan shrugged. -Hi, - melodiously sounded somehow as if everywhere.

To where you are expected. Extra puzzles, AlbireoMKG

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Den 38

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The brothel was a very standard, unfinished building - thoughtfully unfinished, walls painted with inept graffiti, among which the encrypted gang correspondence was visible. Rodon and Khan had deciphered the codes of the City's gangs long before Department 42, so Linial's Dep operatives could read this correspondence as a chat on social networks. Concrete, stoves, fire pits - all courtesy of the city. Firokami contemptuously designed a thematic corner for marginals. There were hidden cameras, hidden wiretapping. The authorities at any moment could connect to any brothel and find out everything that happened there. Those degenerate, crazy, paranoid, who said that the Authorities listen to dens, were considered conspiracy theorists. -Fadge, what's up at 38?- Mergen asked. -We are already looking at,- the technician replied. With such technological development, it might seem that detectives don’t need to go “into the field”, but the necessary reactions that showed where to dig, where to apply these technologies, a person gave out only to a living person. Therefore, the City was not afraid of technology, all of them were put at the service of people, not intending to replace him. Groups of people wrapped in blankets and some rags wandered around the building, trying not to meet the eyes of the Authorities. The building had a shower with hot water, it was unprofitable to break showers, the punishment could be worse than prison. The fine could be forced to work out as a sex toy. And then Master could do not let them go. The service carried out sanitization in the brothels once a week. The dens were the refuge of the marginal, those who did not want to be part of the system, but did not want to leave Firokami either. But this should not have interfered with the "system" residents. Therefore, no smells and unsanitary conditions if you want to walk the streets of Firokami. And there is no, of course, "this is our area." Otherwise, the real owners in the City staged demonstrations, whose area it is. Therefore, misunderstood, unbuilt, played mental trauma among themselves. And the City, as usual, indifferently looked at this biomass, not distinguishing it from trees, garbage cans, houses and other furnishings. To where you are waited for, AlbireoMKG