take a look around you.
what do you see?
too many damn people.
too many damned and desperate people.

how do i know?
how do i know them, know them to be
damned
and desperate?

ha.

i can see a mirror true, child.
i know a thing or two, i do.
you think you know?
when did you last look in a mirror to see?
when did you look
and see?

i thought so.
next time, child.
heh.
you’ll not be so lucky.

damned.
and desperate.