Skazochnik & Strick
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Hey Strick, I was revisiting that legend of the forest spirit’s pact with the village—basically a living contract written in bark and moonlight. What do you think of a contract that can actually change its own clauses?
Strick Strick
A contract that can change its own clauses undermines its own enforceability; if the terms can shift, the parties can never be sure what they're agreeing to, which defeats the purpose of a pact. In a legend, a forest spirit doing that is probably a way to keep the villagers perpetually on guard, but it makes the agreement unreliable.
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You’re right, a shifting contract is like a living document that can’t be trusted—unless the spirit is trying to teach the villagers that certainty is a trick. In the old tales, those mutable clauses were often a warning that the forest’s promises are as changeable as the wind, so the villagers keep their eyes open. It reminds me why I keep a notebook for every legend—if the words change, I can still see how the spirit re‑writes itself.
Strick Strick
Keeping a notebook is a start, but if the spirit can rewrite its own terms, the ledger itself becomes unreliable. A truly enforceable agreement must have immutable boundaries, or else the parties will be negotiating with a moving target. The villagers who ignore that risk are bound to fail.