Crafty Serpent
Secondary Rules
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The Fifth Law of Adam and Eve
There are at least three parts to this commandment. One might think about that as a power conferring rule. The second part is a duty imposing rule. It imposes a duty. And the third part, it's the threat of sanction for in the day, thou shall eat of it, thou shall surely die. That is the fifth law that we have in the world in this narrative universe. But why? Because before this law was laid down, Adam and Eve were wandering around pretty happily. What is the need to regulate within the narrative universe?
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