Ladies and Gentlemen: Our approach to this puzzle is wrong. After much
thought, I have settled upon a theory. Right or wrong has no relevance
to this theory, but I believe it to be substantial. Please bear with me.

The solid (or external) world exists with laws unchanging by any natural
means. All that changes is our perception of it: What we see and hear
with our eyes and ears. We take this to be physical evidence, as we are
mere mortals that do not have the awesome powers and insight of the
Divine. What we perceive is illusion, which can easily be misleading.
How do we know that the law of gravity has always existed and will
always be in effect? You can prove it to me by jumping out of a tree (or
by means less drastic), but you cannot guarantee the same for tomorrow.
Has the sky always been blue? Will it be the same tomorrow? Is the past
truly so similar to today? Will the future be constant?

We cannot rely on our own physical evidence. We know we can be deceived
in many ways. We can say our evidence did exist, but no longer. Perhaps
our evidence was revised or rewritten so immensely that it could not
longer support what we believe. So if what we perceive, in both the past
and the external world, exists only in one's mind, and if the mind
itself is controllable, what then?

Look into yourselves for the answer. Should you accept or reject the
evidence of your eyes and ears? Enormous powers are at work against you.
We cannot comprehend the debate and subtle arguments they use to
overcome us. They frighten you out of your belief, batter against your
logic, and persuade you to deny the evidence of your own senses! Some
call this madness, but madness in ones eyes may be the answer in others.
We know that "Two and two make four," but for how long? The claim to
that ever becoming truth is inevitable
the logic of their position will demand it. It is not the validity of
experience, but rather the very existence of our perception of this
external reality. We are denied this by their philosophy.

If this power can snap its fingers and declare that none of what we have
seen and heard ever happened, that is a more terrifying prospect than
mere torture or death. Statistics and facts become nothing more than a
fantasy because of the lack of true standard to test against.

The question now is not "how," but "why?"

Thoughtfully yours,
Althecea Le'Murzen-Kaj'ik

Penned by my hand on the 6th of Chronos, in the year 287 AF.