[ A longer pause than the rest because it's true that some people do enjoy it in the City -- curses or no. Some people prefer it. Some never want to leave. Arthur ultimately wants to return to the reality he left because it...is his. This, whatever one calls it, is temporary. Right? It still bothers him on some level to be building....whatever of a life one can call it, somewhere it won't last. Hypothetically.
Depends how much a person remembers upon leaving though, he supposes, or how many people -- if that's the case.
He clears his throat. ]
I used to hate it.
[ Determined to 'wake up' more like. ]
Now...well it's what most seem to do here: I live with it.
[ Less about being a committed citizen versus a determined escapee and more about...coping. If he spent his years trying to leave always failing...well by now he'd be crazy. Probably.
And it doesn't really bear thinking about...that route. ]
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Depends how much a person remembers upon leaving though, he supposes, or how many people -- if that's the case.
He clears his throat. ]
I used to hate it.
[ Determined to 'wake up' more like. ]
Now...well it's what most seem to do here: I live with it.
[ Less about being a committed citizen versus a determined escapee and more about...coping. If he spent his years trying to leave always failing...well by now he'd be crazy. Probably.
And it doesn't really bear thinking about...that route. ]