The watcher of the beginning of the end The author takes advantage of the abyss of the night That

engulfed the entire life To write this chronicle On the events they notice for several weeks Which he feels are the signs of a slope on which our world slips Without that currently he is able to say more Because there is a prohibition in the empire of the Dark Men It is the one of the evocation of a possible end of the empire if not probable The last followers of the sect of the apocalyse - now Were judged and executed there are several ages As chronicles remind it to us Nevertheless it seems to the author that because the empire had a beginning He will have an end as the civilization of the treelike machines had an end Certainly this one was characterized by the immoderation And the insane place left to machines especially to treelike machines Capable of perfecting themselves But it seems clear that the responsibility for the disaster that engulfed it These are not the treelike machines But their initiators who did not leave them the time To take charge of his complete control Indeed since these machines were capable of perfecting themselves They would have developed the means to prevent the disruption of the system In particular the use of nuclear physics for military And why not as in our civilization for civilian purposes the ban These comments are heretical we know well it The vulgate puts the destruction of this civilization which preceded the empire On the responsability of the machines And not of men Nevertheless if we read one of the found texts today forbidden A study on the origin of the disasters Named poetically in the civilization of the treelike machines Black swans It appears that man despite the greatest precautions Is unable to prevent them And besides he aggravates them most often By inappropriate decisions This long preamble is a way for the author To report his embarrassment

To the facts he has observed and continues to observe In order to guard against any charges Which could be notified to him not to have immediately Alerted the authorities of the country Especially if these events continue to occur and They could spell the end of the country And gradually of the Empire If no parade was found As it was found with respect The pulsations of the sea of ashes it seems until now By the construction of this gigantic system of dykes And basins of retention That sacrifices whole parts of the country To save the main part of the Empire Perhaps we can not exclude These observations are only an illusion Especially since it is for the moment impossible for the author Trying to see if other people have noticed the same phenomena Not to attract the suspicion of being a heretic The authorities of the Empire showing particularly strict Any convictions on this ground of heresy Leading to the death penalty One single charge being enough for this condemnation Was it brought by a citizen malicious Without no obligation for him to provide the slightest evidence of this one While the defendant even most innocent Is obliged to provide not only one proof Deemed insufficient But a body of evidence To prove his innocence What shows itself particularly difficult when we are innocent Indeed where to find proofs that we said what we did not say Whereas we are accused of having said what we did not say Because we said that we observed certain facts It is possible to find witnesses But who will only be testifying that such day at such hour You did not say What we accuse you of having said such other day at such other hour Not to mention the ill will of citizens who are quick to recognize Yes on balance That day there at that hour there they heard by you naturally What you did not say

Since this is the best way for them To avoid any suspicion of complicity Defense witnesses which could be dangerous You are not looking by chance to protect that citizen Your neighbor because you are his accomplice They become accusers Which in the empire is a proof of big public-spiritedness So much the charge has of value and is considered as one of its foundations It is the first one who accuses Who is quite lucky To gain the trial The defendant can avoid the worst only by a defense consisting in recognizing That he is guilty but not everything he is accused On one part only All the skill consisting in not diminish too much his accusation But enough To make his defense credible His condemnation benign The authorities of the empire having nothing less of more important than To demonstrate the speed of their judgment and their magnanimity So visit his neighbor To ask him if by chance he observed some facts Can be very dangerous And especially if so this neighbor has observed these facts Would not I be sent by the person in charge of the block To test his civic reliability he will think To be accused of heresy If he reveals that indeed he observed these facts Could I not myself malicious Would I not only concerned about My innocence in the eyes of the head block For some observation made by him Of which he would have indicated me That it would risk to lead me in front of the court of the country But he could not denounce As far as I shall show myself cooperative To reveal the antisocial behavior of that neighbor But assuming that this neighbor trust me And reveal me that he had observed nothing comparable to that I had observed Or thought I observed How can I be sure of his assertion

And know that he does not utter this one to cover himself As evoked previously Or else Supposing that he made me confidence And that he says to me effectively he had observed the same facts by me observed Could I in my turn rely on him How would I know that in his turn He does not profess the forgery to know the truth To trap me Because he is under threat Of a denunciation to the authorities from the head block Unless he agrees to cooperate with authorities To update the appearance of a new sect Which would include his neighbor I Of whom he would be in charge of trapping If by chance he did not profess the false to know the true If he had really observed facts identical to those observed by me Would I be better off Would we be better off What would we Would not it be better to have a third opinion To visit a common neighbor Separately or together Together would this not risk to awaken his distrust And to see him denying having noticed such facts Thinking to a trap and to rush at the leader's of block to denounce us And so put himself under cover But separately one after the other Might have an even more disturbing to him And push him to a denunciation And so much more than it would be done at the second visit Why have not you made this step of denunciation From the first visit would notice the block chief Did you do you have something to hide Or have you demonstrated that lightness too common to our citizens Waiting until it is almost too late for demonstrating good citizenship What ends up being very harmful to the Empire and therefore to all people But let us assume that our neighbor does not behave in ways above named They confirm our observations We would be just three to seeing the same facts Certainly we would be comforted in our supputations An unknown threat weighing on a small area of our town

We would be faced with the dilemma Either wait for the facts observed are growing At that point the evidence of a threat on part of our town should impose itself Or predict the spread of this threat to our town our whole country And why not the whole empire A ditch to cross That would compromise as the instigator of anxiety All those like us who would opt for a general threat Probable if not certain for the whole empire And to find us all together under the accusation of heresy To be condemned And to undergo the crucifixion upside down Terrible punishment incurred by heretics All these reflections encourage the author of this chronicle to save time To allow time to time According to a famous saying of a Kabbalist of the civilization of treelike machines Simply to wait To continue his observations And if confirmed to let the tide was going Provided according to the famous sentence From a Talmudist this time of civilization of treelike machines That never the dish is twice served again to whom follows the meanders of a river But nevertheless to take any measures In case this threat would become widespread in the whole country To run away towards other lands Hoping that the process initiated will eventually stop Or a parade will be found As for the pulsations of the sea of ashes Although the famous theory of black swans Demonstrates that too often thinking to find a parade Men only aggravate the situation That machines could treat The best way possible in the best of possible worlds Is it safe however that for these famous beats and their remedy We have not aggravated the danger in believing it aside That there is no link between this danger supposedly dammed And observations made by the author of these remarks Who feels they are a major threat to the empire Even for all mankind Already transformed by the increasing number of non-standard At the expense of normal

And if this world had a beginning why it would have no end And if our humanity had a beginning why it would have no end Of which author would be the first one to discern The beginning Now that night has begun to lean towards the day If the same author climbs out of the black cellar of his skull Leaves the glistening rectangle of his page for that of his window which floats on the wall And plunges through the fog of beads of light He can see or glimpse the slope of the world The corbelled construction of barbed wires of mountains with their miradors Behind the sea of ashes which hatches its fire badly switched off And beyond the beginning of the nothing of his solitude