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Author: 69BookWorM69

Oct 21st 2011 at 7:00:05 PM

Literature examples (as promised):
* This is a recurring theme in the {{Deryni}} works generally; younger people are seen to question and doubt old ideas: the fears promulgated by the Church hierarchy and the received wisdom (untested) of the High Deryni Lords of the Camberian Council. Some of the younger people even act on their different notions of the proper and the just. In particular:
** ''Deryni Checkmate'': During the meeting of the Curia on the Corwyn Interdict, Archbishop Corrigan (then Archbishop of Rhemuth and Loris's ally) reacted to the defiance of the younger Cardiel and his allies by "[throwing] up his hands in dismay. 'O Lord, deliver us from men with causes! Are we now to be schooled by our juniors?'"
** ''High Deryni'': In a meeting of the Camberian Council, Tiercel [=deClaron=] (the youngest member) mounts an eloquent defence of Morgan and Duncan when two other members deride them for being half-breeds. Tiercel starts with the proposition that they should be sought out "on bended knee, begging them to share their great knowledge with us" (referring to the pair's rumoured rediscovery of Healing, [[LostTechnology a talent lost for some two centuries]]). He goes on to suggest, based on what they know of the powers, that being Deryni may be an all-or-nothing proposition like other traits. After a long silence, Barrett [=deLaney=] quietly says, "We are well instructed by our juniors."