Chapter Eighty: The Works of the Institute for the Decibels

They say that the currency of any story as a form of literature lies in the richness and reception of its readership, as well as the sound of its prose. A story in itself as a narration of the human condition succeeds in the way it was appreciated, whether by silent reading or read aloud, which causes it to take the shape of its beauty and relevance. Literature becomes alive in this way, as the soul reading it breathes life into the several pages of the noble book.

These qualities, then, are measured in the form of Decibels that has become the legal tender in measuring the value of a narrative endeavor. Whether the author of the story was just curious or even if conscious about the activity that happens within the plot of his book that will later on determine the value of its Decibels, this invisible valuation will automatically take place, nonetheless, as the dynamics of reading and appreciation seeks its own equilibrium.

This was aptly named as the marketplace of ideas.

However, not all books are created equal. There is simply no monopoly to the determination of the beauty of words, and an extremely relevant book may be sitting in that bookshelf alone and unread, without the poetic rhythm of its inherent music being heard. This becomes a serious disservice to the thoughts contained in that book; that while it was full of esoteric wisdom and sophisticated in the tone of its writing, nobody is willing to read it for lack of the faculty to understand its greatness. The depth of the seriousness of its expression simply fails to get the attention of an average, reluctant reader, and this affects the value of its Decibels.

In view of this limitation of the printed word, the Conference of Saints and All-Saints has decided to create the Story Board to supervise literature as a living legacy and proof of the miracle of life. The Story Board, in turn, has created the Works of the Institute for the Decibels or the Bank of Words, "to monitor and evaluate the merits of the printed word, allow equitable access to the wisdom of these untold stories, travel in between, among, and within completely different sets of literature, and print and regulate the Decibels as a form of currency."

Decibels may only be spent within the commerce of man, which means that only those important lessons from the story may be bought legally, and any unauthorized procurement of the elements of the narrative account of the literature which may cause "pollution" by the introduction of unnecessary foreign objects within the setting of the story, that may then affect its valuation in the future, is considered a severe felony charge.

This is the crime of plagiarism.

Wisdom is as important as the entertainment and reading pleasure of how eloquently a story is narrated that gives rise to a lot of fortune, but good books, in all of its esoteric qualities, are also important to be subsidized, summarized, and learned without the ardous difficulty of its reading.

By then, the subsidy may have worked its magic, and into the minds of the reader who needed to know the importance of wisdom, which takes the form of a challenging reading assignment to someone in search of meaning.

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