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“Today your old world has ended… and all paths are obliterated… and all routes are erased… All your days are gone… and nothing remains for you but drowning.”
– Why did the British cannons bombard the Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay’s citadel in Alexandria?
– Because they remember and you forget. How sad! We met before, Hassan. But your memory was erased… You will return… and when you return, your pain will extend beyond all the seas. You are Hassan and the madman. Do you know this? They are the same person. But your true self was not revealed to you, and that is for the best. I recognized you from the letters of the Venetian merchant that I carry.
– Hassan gazed at the citadel for a long time, then said… Who built this citadel?
– It was built by a man who, at that time, owned all the roads until someone else discovered a new one, and his path became wretched. How can you not remember? The Portuguese circumnavigated Africa to avoid the Egyptian route. Then a Frenchman conceived of a new, shorter, and faster route, one that would render all others obsolete. And do you know where he found this route? In Egypt.
The English objected, saying it would fail, but it did. It shortened the journey to India by thousands of miles. What could the English do? The sea route was fast, but it was on foreign soil, built by others. The road… is the goal… always.
Repeat: The road is the goal. Not debt, not protection… nor…
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