> > > > secret meeting between Todd O and an advisor. > > > > > > > > Todd O: "The problem is that something is trying to bend my arm. I > > > > care for the people. I need to be able to defend the people." > > > > > > > > Advisor nods gravely. > > > > > > Todd O T's todo list: > > > - [ ] tell people about corruption > > > > > > Todd O: "People," > > > > > > Todd O's voice echo'd across the valley. Cheers boomed east and west > > > like rolling thunder. > > > > > > Todd O: "People, I need to confide in you that somebody has asked me to > > > lie." > > > > > > The nation went silent. > > > > > > Todd O: "I am telling you this, because I love you and care for you. > > > You are everything to me, just like you say I am everything to you. > > > Everything you say I am to you, you are to me, and I know that is why > > > I am what I am to you." > > > > Cheers raised again across the valley (after the period of respectful > > silence), like great waves. Convoys trailed to and fro carrying > > messages of appreciation between the people and Todd O T. > > > > Todd O T's list: > > - [x] tell people about corruption > > - [ ] tell people about the great sadness > > > > Convoy carryer: "Todd O, the people of the Southeast Ridge have asked > > me to dance for you to convey to you how wonderful you truly are to > > them." > > > > Convoy carryer: "I said I am very busy, so they came to dance themselves." > > > > Todd O T: "People of the Southeast Ridge, I know that you care for me. > > I appreciate so much how you have come to express this to me > > personally." > > > > Todd O T [to Convoy carryer]: "I will be dancing alongside them." > > Todd O [to valley]: "The people of the southeast ridge and I have > decided we care so much for the whole valley that we just need to > dance to express it. You are all welcome to dance or not, however you > feel. We care for each other so much!" > > Musicians and dancers from across the valley come out and coordinate. > Music and dancing begins in every direction, theming around how > wonderful todo lists are, how wonderful the people are, and how > wonderful Todd O is and how it is so wonderful to express thgese > things. > > Todd O [while dancing in great celebration, voice booming across the > valley]: "I need to talk about how hard it is to trust my own, and > your own, Todo lists, when there is lying around me." > > Dancing and celebrating and singing crowd: "WE LOVE YOU TODD O! WE LOVE YOU!"
As a nation together, the people and Todd O considered what to do about Todd O's fears. What would help comfort these fears?
