“Which is the easy way?” Will asked. “Education and reality-revealers. Murugan has had neither. Or rather he’s had the opposite of both. He’s had miseducation in Europe—Swiss governesses, English tutors, American movies, everybody’s advertisements—and he’s had reality eclipsed for him by his mother’s brand of spirituality. So it’s no wonder he pines for scooters.” “But his subjects, I gather, do not.” “Why should they? They’ve been taught from infancy to be fully aware of the world, and to enjoy their awareness. And, on top of that, they have been shown the world and themselves and other
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