His pride in his wisdom was full of holes when measured against the gaze that had accumulated wisdom over the ancient times!
Thomas Brown said with a smile, "I'm not saying all this to pry into your secrets, and don't laugh, I'm an old thing who survived the Star Cluster expedition, who has followed the Kings to witness the reality of the world, and has seen what countless people yearn for, the throne above the Heavenly Dome.
I wanted that too, but just then, I happened to lower my head and saw humans struggling in the mud, my own kind, reduced to worthlessness like the grass, reaching their hands out in despair, longing for a sky unclouded by darkness and praying to unknown gods to scatter the light of hope upon them."
That look in their eyes, I will never forget for the rest of my life!