Everything got so terribly fucked up after the war. But they drugged us all, so we didn't know. We thought it was all fine, everywhere was like this, and we never questioned all the things that didn't make sense. We believed Uncle Jack when he told us we weren't starving, and we'd be fine eating tulip bulbs and bark! And every day, so many activities designed to keep us suggestible and trusting...
[He shakes his head. It's just sad really. All those people, who were probably perfectly nice and normal people before the Germans came, doomed to such an empty and lacking existence.
He really didn't intend to bring down the mood of this visit, but so much has built up in him, away from Wellington and well flushed of Joy in his system. He understands even better now, how awful it truly was. And he'd known! He was one of the lucky ones who saw through it all.
And Claire does seem amenable to listening...]
But oh yes, I got a few shocks in my time, but that was the worst of it for me. From Simon Says, anyhow. I, er...well, I snuck off after I had to host, but in my defense, I was already in the middle of trying to escape Wellington. And I did! Well...I think I did. I was on the bridge...the one to the mainland. I was walking to the mainland. But then I was here.
[And really, probably for the best. He'd ended up in the same position, alone in a world he didn't understand and knew nothing about. Only here no one expected him to have ID papers or money, which may have been a problem in England. If England still existed.
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[Arthur lets out a strange little laugh.]
Everything got so terribly fucked up after the war. But they drugged us all, so we didn't know. We thought it was all fine, everywhere was like this, and we never questioned all the things that didn't make sense. We believed Uncle Jack when he told us we weren't starving, and we'd be fine eating tulip bulbs and bark! And every day, so many activities designed to keep us suggestible and trusting...
[He shakes his head. It's just sad really. All those people, who were probably perfectly nice and normal people before the Germans came, doomed to such an empty and lacking existence.
He really didn't intend to bring down the mood of this visit, but so much has built up in him, away from Wellington and well flushed of Joy in his system. He understands even better now, how awful it truly was. And he'd known! He was one of the lucky ones who saw through it all.
And Claire does seem amenable to listening...]
But oh yes, I got a few shocks in my time, but that was the worst of it for me. From Simon Says, anyhow. I, er...well, I snuck off after I had to host, but in my defense, I was already in the middle of trying to escape Wellington. And I did! Well...I think I did. I was on the bridge...the one to the mainland. I was walking to the mainland. But then I was here.
[And really, probably for the best. He'd ended up in the same position, alone in a world he didn't understand and knew nothing about. Only here no one expected him to have ID papers or money, which may have been a problem in England. If England still existed.
He's still not terribly sure about that.]