Chronicler’s Daughter, The

The city of U Belly bristled with street dogs, stray cows and mosquitoes, but its inhabitants were nevertheless a contented people. Governed by a City Council of five Wise Men, or Elders and cordoned off from the rest of the world, U Bellians had nothing to complain about. Only the Chronicler’s Daughter questioned acknowledged wisdom. To her, her fellow citizens’ contentment was mere complacency, and the Elders’ benevolence a ploy to retain power and privilege.