But they will. Every year, every decade this world gets closer and closer to destroying itself without any chance, any plan for survival and rebirth on the other side. When it dissolves into nuclear war and destroys not only the people, but the resources, taking away chances of rebuilding as even survivors have nothing to eat and must endure a nuclear winter....What then? It's coming. The signs are all around and growing stronger that it is coming. Maybe not this year, this decade, but I would almost be willing to lay odds that it will be this century or next.
That's why we have to help. It's a cliche, but we have to... use our powers for good -- that has to be why we have them. I can't believe there's any other reason for it. I just-- we've been so focused on ourselves because of the Company and all the rest of it, but we have to be here to help. And it's got to be why there seem to be more of us popping up all over the place, and manifesting younger and younger, too.
I don't know how this stuff works -- where the mutation is coming from. But it's obvious to me, too, that the world needs help -- and all of a sudden here are people who actually can help! If we're not here to help, then... *shakes head* Like my niece once said, the world can't be that lame.
I tried. I thought, if I could get everyone together, we could work together and do something good, all of us. But you see how well that turned out with your parents' generation.
From what I can tell, they listened to you until they got greedy. I don't know if that'll happen again. I know I'm... a bit of a hopeless idealist, but I'd like to think maybe we can get it right this time...
*wraps an arm around his waist, leans in close and whispers* I'm not good enough at this yet to bring us someplace I'm not familiar with. Will you let me read enough to know where to go?
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Date: 2008-01-26 04:50 pm (UTC)...Ah.
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Date: 2008-01-27 06:11 am (UTC)I don't know.
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Date: 2008-01-27 06:38 am (UTC)Where are you staying, now?
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Date: 2008-01-27 06:50 am (UTC)I have a flat in Alphabet City.
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