[As video cameras don't make any sense to him, he struggles to conceive of it, but at least being here has given him something to relate it to.]
Like you can show pictures, here? They make people watch that? [He's not sure which is worse: people being forced to watch, or people wanting to watch and making bets.] Why--why would anyone want to?
[It's horrible. Sure, the people in the slums have been left there to starve and die, but it's not as if people are watching them and betting on who dies first.]
Seventy...four?
[He shakes his head in disbelief, not because he doesn't believe her, but, because it's hard to picture, to fathom. What's wrong with people?]
Good. Nobody should have to put up with that. I hope it's all over now. I wish we'd have a revolution, at home.
[Not that he exactly wants to deal with what a revolution entails, but still...]
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[As video cameras don't make any sense to him, he struggles to conceive of it, but at least being here has given him something to relate it to.]
Like you can show pictures, here? They make people watch that? [He's not sure which is worse: people being forced to watch, or people wanting to watch and making bets.] Why--why would anyone want to?
[It's horrible. Sure, the people in the slums have been left there to starve and die, but it's not as if people are watching them and betting on who dies first.]
Seventy...four?
[He shakes his head in disbelief, not because he doesn't believe her, but, because it's hard to picture, to fathom. What's wrong with people?]
Good. Nobody should have to put up with that. I hope it's all over now. I wish we'd have a revolution, at home.
[Not that he exactly wants to deal with what a revolution entails, but still...]