Hold up London's shining reflection to its own view
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From: Confer with London
[City Name] may show something London does not know of itself.
Game Instructions: This will gain a Stalemate and then leave the Mind of London.
Unlocked with 
Exploration of a Hinterland City 66
Locked with The City Waning 5
Success
A prophecy in turn
London says: [...]
Perhaps London has also taken some other lesson from the example. But whatever other thoughts it has, it hides from you.Description summary:
Most of the first paragraph varies based on the city's 
Official Alignment.
| Alignment | First Paragraph |
|---|---|
| Liberationist | Remember remember the fifth of November. [...] understands it as gunpowder and treason and bonfire night. Nefarious deeds. (No, says the memory [...] from Londinium. Not just nefarious but nefas. An unspeakable thing. A transgression of what the gods permit.) |
| Liberationist-Prehistoricist, Emancipationist-Liberationist | It is the Liberationist aspect that London notices. Remember remember the fifth of November. London understands what you are showing it: understands it as gunpowder and treason and bonfire night. Nefarious deeds. [...] Not just nefarious but nefas. [...] |
| Prehistoricist | It won't last. The bone-creatures are a fancy, a fad. Indulge in them now if you like, and fill your city with skeletal structures as London is full of steeples. But it is the gown, not the body of your city. |
| Prehistoricist-Emancipationist, Emancipationist, Radical Emancipationist, Anti-Liberationist, Anti-Prehistoricist, Anti-Emancipationist, Mixed, Balanced | It won't last. These beliefs and commitments are passing; even a single generation may sweep them away. When children are born who do not want to lay track [...], they will choose other ends. [...] Your city will need to be more than its cause, or it will perish. |
| Complacently Unrevolutionary | You see? Already it has abandoned its revolution, and reverted to the manners of home. Maybe, on those terms, your city has a hope. Perhaps it will be a corporation town[...] Maybe one day it will even become a worthy trading partner[...] Perhaps. |
| Unknown | All very well, but it has barely faced its first challenges. In the old days parents did not name their children until a year or two had passed, because it was so likely they would die. For a city, perhaps one should wait a good three centuries [...] |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
You've gained 1 x Stalemate
Redirects to: Last Glimpse of London's Mind
