There was a time and a place for conversations such as this
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Retribution of Dying Hope. There was a time and a place for conversations such as this. This time and this place were not it. Standing on a crowded platform, silent strangers dared not speak because impersonal relationships seem the way forward in this society. Seeing but not speaking. Watching someone drown is better than diving in to help, because it's personal, no one helps anyone else anymore. And this is what will ruin us. His voice rose above silence, drifted on the breeze around the crowds and resounded to the opposite platform. "But NO! It wasn't my fault they left!" There was a pause for the reply of the other member of this untimely conversation. The man continued. "No! It wasn't me! ... Jacob, it was Jacob- ask him!" The man's voice was rich and deep, full of strong character, yet evidently frightened. His pupils small, surrounded by bright aquamarine irises, were...


