Aquinas5

PROLOGUE Being an extract from the journal of the late Tobias Rowantree, recently executed for High Treason against the Glorious Empire of the Eternal Realm. His first response to my question seemed to be to nothing.  That is to say, he seemed to ignore me completely, and instead focused on consuming the majority of whatever strange concoction was bubbling around in his glass.  Wondering if he had perhaps failed to hear me, I was about to repeat my query when he turned from the glass and looked at me, his eyes searching every aspect of my face, as if anticipating the reaction his answer would elicit. "You asked" he said "what fundamental d