Status Updates From The moon is down

A lot of "he said" "she said"
Literally

‘Here they wrote letters, and read letters—the waterfront—they could see fishing-boats—at anchor in the bay—smell drying fish—right through the window. ‘Defeat is a momentary thing—doesn't last. We were defeated and now we attack. Defeat means nothing.’ The people spoke to one another in monosyllables, & everyone was thinking of the war, thinking of himself, thinking of the past and how it had suddenly been changed.’