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You can find the full tale as a read-with-me video on YouTube (youtu.be/-sTFf7SREeQ), a digital story on Medium (medium.com/@thePaetheon), or printed zines for sale on Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/thepaetheon/). Look for the next episode: “Hugo & the Smokehouse," WCO: The Sailmaker's Door 2.4 (11.2025).

Find the full tale as a read-with-me video (youtu.be/BOznc0TroNo), a digital story (medium.com/@thePaetheon), or printed zines (ko-fi.com/thepaetheon/).

Join me in the Pætheon (www.thepaetheon.com), if you have the courage. But be warned: this game is fraught with danger. Play at your own risk.

You can find the tale of “Bastian & the Crusader Outpost” as a digital zine www.thepaetheon.com or a podcast on YouTube at youtu.be/i4xXhzIg46Q.
Join me in the Pætheon, if you have the courage. But be warned: this game is fraught with danger. Play at your own risk.

just because it reveals the person you really are.
Bastian thought he found an easier way. He only pretended to be a hero. But could the circus performer convince a con artist?
Confused? I hope so. Otherwise you would have no reason to learn the truth for yourself. ...

Diminishment into growth?
Therein lies the whole point of life in these mortal fields. To become the heroes we are. Why else would the gods place heroes in impossible situations? They want each of us to discover our true spirit.
Don’t whine. It’s useless to curse your hero’s challenge, ...

... the Crusader Outpost.
That’s the thing about death, though. You can’t fix the problem, and blood cannot wash away blood. But before you reproach Bastian like a literary critic, consider whether we’re any different. When, in everyday life, do we have the courage to transform harm into healing?...

Sanchx had already spent the night in jail by the time Bastian found a way to absolve himself of his mistakes. Let me explain.
Bastian’s joking had gotten his friends hurt, just as his father had foretold; and Bastian could not live with that. So he ran away from his friends – towards ...

You can find the tale of “Bastian & the Great Hawthorne” as a digital zine @ www.thePætheon.com or a podcast on YouTube.

Join me in the Pætheon, if you have the courage. But be warned: this game is fraught with danger. Play at your own risk.

...Bastian found an easier way. He played hooky from the school of life. He ran towards new mistakes while running away from the old.

Confused? I hope so. Otherwise you would have no reason to learn the truth for yourself. ...

We all must respond. That’s why commanders scold their recruits. They want ordinary people to become the heroes they are.

Don’t whine. It’s useless to curse your instructors for their lessons, just as it helps nothing to complain to the headmaster that the curriculum is too hard. ...

...Before you punish Bastian like a drill instructor, consider whether we’re any different. When, in everyday life, do we have the courage to face the harm we cause? To others? To ourselves? And that’s the whole point, isn’t it? Life in these mortal fields presents us with challenging situations....

...Small missteps in how we Tschuz to live our lives. We hurt others – perhaps not meaning it, perhaps simply by not thinking. The only question that matters here and now is how we respond. Do we hide from our need to Tschuz? Do we seek Justes? ...

While Sanchx was searching for the perfect hideout, Bastian had found the best possible spot for hiding – from himself. Let me explain.

Bastian felt sure he’d fail his Captain in his first assignment with the Faeri Force. So he played truant and ran away.

We all make blunders. ...

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