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Overanalyzing Anime
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"Could he really have done it?" the first man asks, as he leans in, taking a moment to wrap his index finger and thumb around his cleanly shaved chin.
The man beside him, a portly gentleman in a designer suit, responded immediately, "If anyone could do it, it would be him."
"Could he really have done it?" the first man leans in, taking a moment to wrap his index finger and thumb around his freshly shaved chin, “do you really think it’s possible?”
The man beside him, a portly gentleman in a designer suit, responded immediately, “Absolutely.”
“Really? You think someone is capable of doing something like.. that?”
“If anyone could do it, it would be him. He’s one of the richest men in America, hell, maybe in the world. And he, himself, has claimed the title of the,” he holds up both his hands to exclaim parenthesis, “smartest man in the world.”
“I suppose that could be true. But, why do it? Why kill all those people?”
“To save the world.”
Adrian’s eyebrow reflexively shot up.
“I bet that’s what he thinks anyway,” the man continued, “I bet he
I imagine that’s
“It just feels wrong to judge the man before he’s had his day in court.”
The larger man scoffed, “if he shows up.”
“His lawyers claim that he’s traveling for his research.”
“His research can wait. He’s being accused of blowing up a city. You’d think he’d want to clear things up,” the large man shook his head, “his company’s stock is plummeting faster than anything I’ve ever seen.”
“That’s true. Veidt Industries may not recover.
“And now we’re worse off than before this all started.”
“You think so?”
“I know it! Nuclear War is imminent. This might really be the end of the world.”
Nothing ever ends.
The words are clear in his mind, almost as if Jon were beside him now, saying it again. Adrian Veidt had spent many nights pondering what he meant. Jon always considered every word he spoke, and Adrian had no reason to believe that that instance was any different. But what could it have meant?
Adrian
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