But now he has the treasure right in his hands! He can dedicate his time to it, or assign goons who are smarter. It just strikes me as so defeatist, as though Braille is some incomprehensible otherworldly communication system.
In the natural world there is no such thing as boundless slaughter, but you and your brother are different. Each step you take is paved with the corpses of your enemies. You are from a world I do not wish to know. I WILL BE WATCHING YOU UNDERSTAND
But now he has the treasure right in his hands! He can dedicate his time to it, or assign goons who are smarter. It just strikes me as so defeatist, as though Braille is some incomprehensible otherworldly communication system.
He's also dying of a GSW in a post-apocalyptic world without antibiotics or surgeons.
So the Braille Bible MacGuffin is really some forced comeuppance.
His plans were doomed either way with no immediate heir.
In the natural world there is no such thing as boundless slaughter, but you and your brother are different. Each step you take is paved with the corpses of your enemies. You are from a world I do not wish to know. I WILL BE WATCHING YOU UNDERSTAND