Status Updates From Pobunjeni Atlas

I read yesterday too. One second I feel like I’m tracking and understanding and the next I’m confused especially with the romance part

“I don’t like the thing that’s happening to people … They used to rush through here, and it was wonderful to watch, it was the hurry of men who knew where they were going and were eager to get there. Now they’re hurrying because they’re afraid. It’s not purpose that drives them, it’s fear. They’re not going anywhere, they’re escaping. And I don’t think they know what it is they want to escape”