a better word would be narrow. All of the others were thin… but they had some broadness about them.
“Well… ” he began, “first, I want to know where you’re getting your drugs. Second, we could just kill you.”
It surprised Gabe that the threat came from the most buoyant of them.
Dane and May frowned similarly; considering the uninformed, but intelligent thought. Dane spoke up,
“But… they’re not entirely craz y. This is the answer we have been looking for. And, also, it doesn’t really matter if we kill them. Somehow they’ve come back to life, several times, so it’s easy to realize the possibility that they will do it again.”
“Sure wish we knew what we were looking for.” Miek added, but didn’t dampen his spirits as he said it. Apparently May and Dane had been keeping secrets. Gabe took note of that. That was a potentially useful situation which Gabe could use against them.
Dane didn’t explain his statement, but maybe there was some kind of unknown rule in the group that you don’t ask for extra explanations… or maybe you just don’t mess with Dane or he will do something that will hinder your ability to walk for the rest of your life… Gabe and Jonathan squinted and looked at each other. In the last five hours Dane and May hadn’t found it important to suggest that they found an answer to anything. While it was suspected, because they had to know about the cave somehow, Gabe was worrying that the discovery might have been a little unintentional.
Gabe was eager to know what started their curiosity and was even more distraught now that Dane gave no explanation. Why was all of this expected to these strangers? Clearly this group was a little more prepared than they thought. Gabe was trying to convince himself to talk, but Jonathan beat him to the punch – and didn’t even ask about how they knew. Figures.
“I was born 2065 in a place called the United States of America. The country had only been around for a couple hundred years… which for you might be a lot, but there were other nations in other places that were around for thousands of years…”
“… really? This is fascinating.” The skinny boy said, sitting criss-cross applesauce, elbow in knee, chin on hand. “Were they really united??”
Jonathan was befuddled and a little irritated, “do you know this already?”
“No. He just loves history. Please continue.” Dane instructed. His voice was dull as he said it, but Gabe realized that Dane was probably just feeling protective and was anticipating, however slightly, what all of this would lead to; the weight he was about to bear.
Jonathan soldiered on,
“Well, America, when it was founded, was deemed a free country. People had been in other countries and felt oppressed, so they wanted a place where they could believe-” Gabe cringed. But, Jonathan continued, “-what they wanted.”
Gabe decided no more facial expressions. That’s worse than bad word choice, probably. They’re smart enough to pick up on those things. They didn’t say anything or ask for further explanation so Jonathan continued with hardly a breath.
“A couple hundred years later, there were some unseen consequences. Now, it didn’t take hundreds of years, but it just got continually worse. People had ideas of how things should be run and they would try to push them on other people. Those other people didn’t like it and went and had their own ideas that they should be free from the pushy people. The pushy people felt they were losing their rights to be pushy. The non-pushy people came up with this idea of tolerance, which moderated the pushiness and the anti-pushiness, but in actuality totally negated any of their ideas at all.” He stopped for breath and the silence was long enough that a voice said,
“… I think we follow you… but you’re a bit vague…” The charismatic sarcasm made it clear that Dane was speaking.
Jonathan looked like he almost forgot people were
“Well… ” he began, “first, I want to know where you’re getting your drugs. Second, we could just kill you.”
It surprised Gabe that the threat came from the most buoyant of them.
Dane and May frowned similarly; considering the uninformed, but intelligent thought. Dane spoke up,
“But… they’re not entirely craz y. This is the answer we have been looking for. And, also, it doesn’t really matter if we kill them. Somehow they’ve come back to life, several times, so it’s easy to realize the possibility that they will do it again.”
“Sure wish we knew what we were looking for.” Miek added, but didn’t dampen his spirits as he said it. Apparently May and Dane had been keeping secrets. Gabe took note of that. That was a potentially useful situation which Gabe could use against them.
Dane didn’t explain his statement, but maybe there was some kind of unknown rule in the group that you don’t ask for extra explanations… or maybe you just don’t mess with Dane or he will do something that will hinder your ability to walk for the rest of your life… Gabe and Jonathan squinted and looked at each other. In the last five hours Dane and May hadn’t found it important to suggest that they found an answer to anything. While it was suspected, because they had to know about the cave somehow, Gabe was worrying that the discovery might have been a little unintentional.
Gabe was eager to know what started their curiosity and was even more distraught now that Dane gave no explanation. Why was all of this expected to these strangers? Clearly this group was a little more prepared than they thought. Gabe was trying to convince himself to talk, but Jonathan beat him to the punch – and didn’t even ask about how they knew. Figures.
“I was born 2065 in a place called the United States of America. The country had only been around for a couple hundred years… which for you might be a lot, but there were other nations in other places that were around for thousands of years…”
“… really? This is fascinating.” The skinny boy said, sitting criss-cross applesauce, elbow in knee, chin on hand. “Were they really united??”
Jonathan was befuddled and a little irritated, “do you know this already?”
“No. He just loves history. Please continue.” Dane instructed. His voice was dull as he said it, but Gabe realized that Dane was probably just feeling protective and was anticipating, however slightly, what all of this would lead to; the weight he was about to bear.
Jonathan soldiered on,
“Well, America, when it was founded, was deemed a free country. People had been in other countries and felt oppressed, so they wanted a place where they could believe-” Gabe cringed. But, Jonathan continued, “-what they wanted.”
Gabe decided no more facial expressions. That’s worse than bad word choice, probably. They’re smart enough to pick up on those things. They didn’t say anything or ask for further explanation so Jonathan continued with hardly a breath.
“A couple hundred years later, there were some unseen consequences. Now, it didn’t take hundreds of years, but it just got continually worse. People had ideas of how things should be run and they would try to push them on other people. Those other people didn’t like it and went and had their own ideas that they should be free from the pushy people. The pushy people felt they were losing their rights to be pushy. The non-pushy people came up with this idea of tolerance, which moderated the pushiness and the anti-pushiness, but in actuality totally negated any of their ideas at all.” He stopped for breath and the silence was long enough that a voice said,
“… I think we follow you… but you’re a bit vague…” The charismatic sarcasm made it clear that Dane was speaking.
Jonathan looked like he almost forgot people were
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