If only it were so easy

Imagine your world. You're every day life. You wake up, eat breakfast, kiss your loved ones goodbye before you go to work. Every day the same monotony and routine. You hate it, but if it were to suddenly change you would be greatly upset. You don't want to completely change everything, but you start doing things differently. Take the back roads to work. Spend your breaks and nights in the seeder parts of town. Give your life a shot of danger, but without upsetting the balance of everyday existence. But imagine you are at the wrong place in the wrong time. You run into the wrong dragon. Say the wrong word in passing. Something innocent like that. Someone decides to hurt or kill you because of what you did or said, innocent or not. You'd be joining the millions of others like you hurt and killed every day in all corners of the continent. Another random body that someone has to deal with. Another statistic. Someone should have done a better job at keeping you safe in those seedy parts of town you think, forgetting that you put yourself in those places. You begin to blame the police, should you not have died. Or if you did die, your loved ones would blame the police in your name. Blame them for not keeping you safe. If only the police had been better at their jobs. If only there were no seedy parts of town and everything was safe. If only you hadn't even gone to those places at all. If only you could make these things better. If only you could keep everyone safe all the time. If only it were so easy. Who says it isn't though? I wouldn't be difficult to keep everyone safe, if you had the right plan and the right resources. This is the story of one dragon who had these things happen to him. Who thought these thoughts. This is the story of his idea, that wreaked the world.''
=If Only It Were So Easy=
Written By: Isis The Masked Dragon
Edited By: Isis The Masked Dragon
Everything began with a dragon named Rowen. Back before The Organization for Preserving Social Order and the imposition of Marital law. Rowen was by all accounts a decently normal dragon. He went to work every day as a delivery dragon for a well know textile manufacturer and never missed a day of work. Everyone who knew him said that Rowen was a nice and reliable guy. At least on the surface he was. By day Rowen went to work and did so dutifully but at night when he would return home he would often take a longer more dangerous rout. Rowen like many others eventually tired of the monotony of everyday life and so decided to spice things up by taking a longer less safe path. Rowen had always been lucky, but luck eventually runs out and one night Rowen was mugged. The SandWing having nothing of worth on his person was badly beaten. He barely made it home with his life. Rowen would then not go to work for a while. Coworkers and neighbors would inquire about his whereabouts and health but never really hear anything definitive. After a few weeks Rowen would reappear, but not in the way many would expect. He, or at least his image would be everywhere. On posters, fliers, and shops. The reason? Rowen had written an account of his attack and with it himself attacked the lack of police and the lack of any sort of protection in the streets for the average citizen. His account, and his questioning the lack of a police force struck a chord with many. Loads of dragons had similar attacks happen to them, or have friends or family members die to the roving gangs and opportunistic muggers. They too wished that there had been someone there to protect them in their time of need. 
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