‘You – uh, you think people do get used to these things? To dealing with emergencies?’ ‘If you have enough of them.’ ‘Yes, but what if you don’t? Or haven’t? I mean, if one is used to being held up by a – a scaffolding of other people, and has never encountered emergencies, might one not discover one is helpless without that support?’ Daizell wasn’t entirely sure what he was actually being asked, but it sounded painful. ‘Everyone relies on other people. And eventually most people let you down, one way or another, so I dare say it’s a good thing to practise dealing with difficulties on your
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