covenant
A covenant is a ritual that confines mutual distrust into strings of text and issues tickets to future conflicts. The clauses, adorned with grandiose rhetoric and legalese, serve to supply countless excuses for breach. While proclaiming justice and equality, the true contest is decided by the power of finances and the cunning of lawyers. Yet, the moment parties profess their consent by signature, they unwittingly create the purest proof of mutual suspicion.