The Limits of the Forum

The ‘Second Inquiry’ teetered on the brink of collapse. The weight of the Riptide schism was too much for the fragile framework of their new process to bear. Accusations and recriminations flew across the chamber, and the ‘Living History’ became a battlefield of competing narratives. Renn, watching the proceedings with a heavy heart, realized that the ‘Third Amendment’ was not enough. It could provide a forum for dialogue, but it could not force a community to heal. The ‘Second Inquiry’ was at a breaking point, and with it, the very soul of their new society.