Most stories assume that evil must be identified and defeated. The Book of Keys asks what happens when both sides claim a historical mission, while the protagonist has none. In conversation with Claude, Jasen traces this refusal of redemptive violence from ancient myth to the parable of the weeds—and tests whether a story can remain…

History contains a recurring temptation: to look at a person, an event, or a story and decide that its polarity is already known. From there, the next steps follow easily.