The thing is, in this town, no one really wants to get to know anyone else too closely. There is danger in that, knowing someone, you know? I mean, something turns in on itself when secrets are uncovered and you begin to understand where another person comes from.
It's a bit on the scary side, really.
People become all that more human, more fleshy and stupid.
And more prone to make mistakes.
Is that the terrifying part?
The mistakes?
Or is it the understanding, the inherent knowledge that we all do it -
All belong to this community of perpetual falling down and getting back up.
Yes, it's in the spiraling up and down that the fear comes, its unique blend of warmth and coolness that keeps people going, you know.
Yet it is also the fear that brings everything to a hault.
And in this town, we don't discuss it much - this fear.
But none of us wants to die too soon and none of us wants to live without that one thing we all keep hearing so much about.
Right?
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