BELIEFS
Something of a trap
Chapter 13
Thereupon the punks smiled and said back to Wayne,
2“We understand that you are in something of a trap,
3“For this situation is very like the way professional writers say life itself is,
4“Meaning that it looks as if byou can’t win,
5“No matter what.
6“We are very sorry about this, of course,
7“But maybe you can reassure yourself by remembering your belief that the whole universe is totally crandom anyway,
8“Like some dbig accident,
9“And that the eodds against you ever running into a situation like this one must be almost too high to count,
10“Which makes you special,
11“In about the only way someone of fyour beliefs could ever be special.
12“Does that make you feel better, Wayne?
13“We hope it does,
14“Because your time is up.”
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