The Book of DieselThe Light Before the Gospel“Leontes recovered and learned the prayers slowly, never pretending his accent was a revelation. He honored Ahura Mazda as the Wise Lord because the tradition demanded truth about his own side and mercy toward those who hated him.”
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
Interpretive reconstructionA documented text or tradition is interpreted through openly fictional scenes.
Greek and Iranian populations interacted, intermarried, resisted, and adapted after Alexander; moral choices did not follow ethnic lines.
Leontes's later life and the refugee settlement are fictional.