“It’s so good to see you again, Elijah. What have you been doing with yourself?”
“Nothing, I’m bored silly, Jim. I exist in between hope and despair. You know what the problem with this country is?”
Annabel and Jim shook their heads.
“We expect someone to come along and save us.”
“Emily, the librarian, is leaving the country,” said Jim.
“That’s what I mean,” said Elijah. “We have this emigrant mentality, returning to the lands of our forefathers. We hope for deliverance from abroad.”
“I don’t think she enjoyed living here, anyway.”
“Have you noticed?” Elijah began. “That it’s not so much about Unity anymore? They started talking about awakening and then about revolution, now they talk about a total state like it’s b****y total football or something.”
“With Roberts as the captain of
