“That he took us and let other people go. He thinks he took us at random, like a little kid in a supermarket, just pulling any can that catches his eye off the shelf and dropping it into his mom’s cart, but that’s not what happened.”
“Him needing a pretext to take us doesn’t really matter. Many times what he does or says doesn’t matter—it’s nonsense, or impulse. Although there are clues. Always clues. He gives himself away, shows his real self, like someone who says what he sees in inkblots.”
Steve asked, “If that doesn’t matter, what does?”
“That he took us and let other people go. He thinks he took us at random, like a little kid in a supermarket, just pulling any can that catches his eye off the shelf and dropping it into his mom’s cart, but that’s not what happened.”
