The Book of DieselThe Light Before the Gospel“Mitradata carried both versions to the royal secretary. The secretary advised silence. 'The king cannot personally untangle every province.' Mitradata answered, 'Then the empire must stop writing that the king personally serves truth in every province.'”
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
Open reconstructionThe chapter is literary theology rather than recoverable event history.
Darius's inscriptions strongly associate kingship with Ahura Mazda and truth, but exact editorial processes are only partially known.
The disputed decree and Mitradata's court correction are fictional.