[ It's jarring, to hear that kind of naïveté from the mouth of someone who shares his features. Someone who looks older than he does. For a moment, his own expression is one of blank surprise, before he closes up entirely.
Places very rarely get better. They almost universally (ha-ha) get worse. ]
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Places very rarely get better. They almost universally (ha-ha) get worse. ]
Of the last, I have no doubt.