Villainy

Huginn: Look now, upon this Merlion isle. Think upon the currency of its being - that it is current, being new; that it is current, being electrical; and that it is current, being a tide in the affairs of men.

Muninn: I remember, as you do not, when it was claiming to be a village - that it was a village, being a collection of houses; that it was a village, boasting villagers (or those who thought of themselves as such); that it was a village, pretending to be fish while being foul, or fowl, or a haven for piracy.

H: And it seems that now it is still a haven for piracy?

M: We have seen these ones comply with every law, under heaven, under Heaven, under god, under God; indeed, Justice is blindfolded upon its highest courts, and bears a scale while shaving every coin with a dagger.

H: But still it gouts, and makes of itself a haven for law, and peace, and prosperity.

M: We have seen many like it, and only a few, like Londinium, living to a ripe old age.