An Elemental appears and
asks a question:

"What is it, that not many
like, but directs even the
greatest of King's actions.
It's much like a sword, and
made to hurt, but it never
draws blood even though
wounding thousands.  It
thieves no-one but it does
make rich.  It spans the
whole Earth and makes life
fit.  The greatest Kingdoms
it has founded, and built
the oldest of them all; but
never has it begun a war and
the peoples who trust in it
will live in plenty for ever
more...  What is it ?"

