"I...I don't know. That's extremely depressing, either way."
And the sort of thing that's normal to think about, even so. Nadine knows this. She'd still rather it weren't the case, she doesn't want to think about that. It's the nature of the universe, like forests. They have to burn, every now and again, to let the new and better growth come in. She thinks that's a lot like Captain Trips, that it had cleared out most of the old so something new could come.
That's all very far away now, though.
"All of it was pretty depressing. So many empty towns, empty cities...deer everywhere. Like in stores and people's houses just...taking over, it looked like sometimes. I walked from New Hampshire to...I don't even know where we were able to actually use a car, but it was a long ways, and it was like being in a real life horror movie. I'd never realized how quiet it could get. Even living in a small town..."
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And the sort of thing that's normal to think about, even so. Nadine knows this. She'd still rather it weren't the case, she doesn't want to think about that. It's the nature of the universe, like forests. They have to burn, every now and again, to let the new and better growth come in. She thinks that's a lot like Captain Trips, that it had cleared out most of the old so something new could come.
That's all very far away now, though.
"All of it was pretty depressing. So many empty towns, empty cities...deer everywhere. Like in stores and people's houses just...taking over, it looked like sometimes. I walked from New Hampshire to...I don't even know where we were able to actually use a car, but it was a long ways, and it was like being in a real life horror movie. I'd never realized how quiet it could get. Even living in a small town..."