Among the Free
“He couldn’t concentrate on the people on the stage, though, because his mind was racing.
It really doesn’t matter that I couldn’t get to the boy on crutches, he thought. How did I think he would help? What could he do? What could I do? Maybe I just misunderstood what I heard. Maybe I’m just misinterpreting everything. What do I know, anyway?
Around him, people were stirring angrily. Luke realized it had been a long time since he’d heard anybody clap or cheer. Periodically someone would shout ou...t, “You said it!” or “I’m with you on that!”
Now everyone knows how bad the Population Police were, Luke thought. They can’t hide behind their own propaganda anymore. They could never come back into power.
But that thought didn’t cheer him. As he tuned in to the discussion on the stage again—a girl talked about how a Population Police guard had slapped her once; a man told about watching his son die of hunger—he took no more pleasure in the sad stories. The sorrow and despair and regret seemed to waft out over the crowd, infecting everyone.MoreLess
It really doesn’t matter that I couldn’t get to the boy on crutches, he thought. How did I think he would help? What could he do? What could I do? Maybe I just misunderstood what I heard. Maybe I’m just misinterpreting everything. What do I know, anyway?
Around him, people were stirring angrily. Luke realized it had been a long time since he’d heard anybody clap or cheer. Periodically someone would shout ou...t, “You said it!” or “I’m with you on that!”
Now everyone knows how bad the Population Police were, Luke thought. They can’t hide behind their own propaganda anymore. They could never come back into power.
But that thought didn’t cheer him. As he tuned in to the discussion on the stage again—a girl talked about how a Population Police guard had slapped her once; a man told about watching his son die of hunger—he took no more pleasure in the sad stories. The sorrow and despair and regret seemed to waft out over the crowd, infecting everyone.MoreLess
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