p. 367

“Emotion breeds mistakes, and words are gifts to the dead and what begins at the water shall end there and what ends there shall once more begin”- S is in a disturbed state of mind with voices speaking in his head here and there. According to FXC’s footnote, at this moment, S. is being portrayed as the alter ego of Straka, who had struggled with the “tensions between art and commerce”. FXC find this nature of being conflicted to be a normal human nature. She is however, unsure if Straka saw this observation of FXC in the working-copy of the Ship of Theseus.

Also, the text points out an important philosophy regarding human nature. Despite feeling very contained and “integrious”, and a constant effort to keep the emotions and life events stable, circumstances cause us to burst out of that self-controlled state and open up.

This is when, Eric points out if that was the way Straka fantasized vengeance. Jen infers that it is also emphasizing that revenge is very empty and shallow and sometimes can burst out of a very small reason.

SO IS THIS VMS’S REVENGE FANTASY AGAINST ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SOLD OUT THE S?

If it is, though, then it’s also making a point about how empty revenge is.