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What Happened to the Soldiers. With Amanda. A Conversation with Dan Miller.
Nowthesebodieshangingfromthatoverheadpipe.Thecockedheads.Thedanglingshoes.Thetonguesprotrudinglikesummersausages.
Irealizedwithfreshhorrorthatnewdoorsofperceptionwereopeningupinside.New?Notso.Olddoorsofperception.Theperceptionofachildwhohasnotyetlearnedtoprotectitselfbydevelopingthetunnelvisionthatkeepsoutninetypercentoftheuniverse.Childrenseeeverythingtheireyeshappenupon,heareverythingintheirears’range.Butiflifeistheriseofconsciousness(asacrewel-worksamplermywifemadeinhighschoolproclaims),thenitisalsothereductionofinput.
Terroristhewideningofperspectiveandperception.ThehorrorwasinknowingIwasswimmingdowntoaplacemostofusleavewhenwegetoutofdiapersandintotrainingpants.IcouldseeitonOllie’sface,too.Whenrationalitybeginstobreakdown,thecircuitsofthehumanbraincanoverload.Axonsgrowbrightandfeverish.Hallucinationsturnreal:thequicksilverpuddleatthepointwhereperspectivemakesparallellinesseemtointersectisreallythere;thedeadwalkandtalk;arosebeginstosing.
"I’veheardstufffrommaybetwodozenpeople,"Olliesaid."JustineRobards.NickTochai.BenMichaelson.Youcan’tkeepsecretsinsmalltowns.Thingsgetout.Sometimesit’slikeaspring-itjustbubblesupoutoftheearthandnoonehasanideawhereitcamefrom.Youoverhearsomethingatthelibraryandpassiton,oratthemarinainHarrison.Christknowswhereelse,orwhy.
