be ready, even though he’s been gone for some time now. Ready for what? I wonder.
23761.
What IS he doing? I don’t know, can’t begin to imagine. He’s jeopardizing the future of this colony just because he’s too damn stubborn to let outsiders help. He’s so sure they can do it alone, thinks maybe if he doesn’t think about it, everything will work itself out and they’ll be fine.
and Conlan’s losing himself in grief. He’s already unsubscribed from the common mentality here—Maclin’s not mine way of thinking, Ellington’s leave us alone over-protectiveness, he’s not concerned with any of that now. No more good of the colony. No more it’s for the best.
me me me. But maybe it’s easier that way. They don’t let the pain in, the loss. It isn’t personal. It’s almost not even real. As long as it’s n
