It was like a mask had been pulled away from his face, uncovering a monster hidden beneath his friendly façade.
In the Empire, the Scholars are not allowed to read and, like so many bullies and power-seekers who hide behind ideologies to justify the terrible things they do, their oppressors wear masks. 'An Ember in the Ashes' suggests that such masks (literal or figurative) don__ work. Not forever, anyway. Masks only cover faces. It__ actions that show who we are.
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In the Empire, the Scholars are not allowed to read and, like so many bullies and power-seekers who hide behind ideologies to justify the terrible things they do, their oppressors wear masks. 'An Ember in the Ashes' suggests that such masks (literal or figurative) don__ work. Not forever, anyway. Masks only cover faces. It__ actions that show who we are.
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