Rely On Me As I Rely On You

The man and his explorers came across a man with a wagon, his worked hands held the handle as he walked steadily towards the explorers. He stopped before the men and said, "With this I give to you the tools you need to make a home, a civilization, to grow in, to live in, to rule. With this I give to you the power of knowing that the land is yours; to fend, to let in only who you want, to enjoy. Will you take my offering?" The man turned to his explorers shook his head at their shining faces and said in a soft voice, "No, I will not take your offering." The man with the wagon was shocked at the simple response and asked why. The man then said, "It is not what you hold in your hands that I want, I cannot build a home out of a civilization where I manipulate the inhabitants, I will not fend destruction of the land that I wander. My home I will find one day; a safe, loving environment which was not built with selfishness, and a yearning for power. I will not take what you offer, we will continue our journey onward; free, alive."