Legacies of light

Arc 10.53: House of Faoláin part 3

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"The four providences each have which are chosen by the current family in charge of the providence. Right now they are, Murias holds up scientific development above all, for Findias it is military power, for Falias it is agricultural development, and for Gorias it is labour development.

These are the reasons for a lot of the differences between the four providences, a great example of this would be your education. It is a standard that all people between the ages of three to eleven must be in full-time education, and we subsidise the family for the lost labour and other expenses."

Shocked, I say, "So the kids in other providences, don't have to go to school? How do they even learn anything."

"Most learn from their parents, but as you can probably guess this leads to very broad distances between the average mental abilities of people throughout the empire."

My brother says, "Does it really matter though, not many things we learnt in school are going to help us better cut o