Bullet Train

by Kōtarō Isaka

Probably nothing going on inside, thinks Tangerine. Often the case with people who don’t read fiction. Hollow inside, monochrome, so they can switch gears no problem. They swallow something and forget about it as soon as it goes down their throat. Constitutionally incapable of empathy. These are the people who most need to read, but in most cases it’s already too late.

You’re like a hermit crab who won’t leave its shell because it’s worried about earthquakes.’ ‘Is that what hermit crabs worry about?’ ‘If they weren’t worried about earthquakes, they wouldn’t have portable houses, would they?’

This really made me chuckle!

‘No one’s pulling any strings. There’s no god of fate, and if by some chance there is a god, I feel like he just tossed all us humans into a display case and forgot about us.’

Agree!

Whether it’s war, genocide, or revisions to the law, in most cases people don’t notice until it’s already happening, and they feel like they would have protested earlier if they only knew.

It’s just a matter of getting information from several sources, isolating what’s relevant, and doing your best to confirm it for yourself.’

Fact check... Always!!