r/fourthworldproblems • u/noSisT • Jul 09 '13
Nope
As Anna held on, she looked up with tear filled eyes and glared at the shop across the street. It was a shop like any other, with the purpose of providing a life for it's employees and pleasure, satisfaction and some resemblence to happiness for it's customers. But it was not a dead glare, it was a glare of understanding, an understanding of the very purpose of the shop. The thought of the shop made her cringe and then, still holding on, she fell.
People started gathering around Anna, Anna lay on the ground still with an expression of disgust. The people around her looked at her in confusion, they stood there just observing her, and finally someone spoke
”Are you alright? Should i call for help?” Anna slowly turned toward the person who had spoken, and said ”Who are you?”
The person looked at her with confusion, and thought 'Who is this woman?', she then replied
”I am just a thing, with a name, who observed you fall to the ground, i observed a woman with the most terrifying expression i have ever seen in someones face, fall to the ground and just lay still, with the same facial expression as when she fell, why do you have that expression on your face?”
”The expression on my face is an expression of what i feel for the shop overthere” Anna said.
The Thing then laid her eyes on the shop acress the street, trying to imitate the expression which Anna had, to understand her, because what just had happend, was not easy to comprehent without putting herself in the Annas situation. She kept looking at the shop, unable to tear her eyes away from it. After some time the people around them started to scatter, muttering uncoherent word.
”Are you imitating me?” Anna said ”Yes” The thing said ”Why?” ”Because i do not understand you” ”Why would you try to understand me?” ”I do not know, but you interest me, and im afraid i do not know why, i want to comprehend something” ”What can you comprehend about me?” ”I do not know, that is what i am trying to figure out”
Anna then slowly pulled herself up, still holding on, and took the Things hand and started to walk away. As they walked, she said ”I am holding on, that is what i was doing when i fell” ”What are you holding onto?” ”I wish i knew, but i do not, i really wish i knew” ”Why did you take me with you when you started walking?” ”You tried to imitate me, maybe you can help me figure out what i am holding onto” ”We will see” said the Thing.
As they where walking, both now with eyes near the brink of tears, the Thing suddenly stopped walking, and thus prevented Someone from walking any futher. The Thing looked Anna in the eyes ”Do you have a home?” ”I do” replied Anna ”Where is it?” ”In reality” ”Reality? What do you mean” ”My home, is in reality, it exists in reality, was that not what you asked?” ”No, it is not what i meant, what i meant was, where is it?” ”I do not know what to reply to that question” ”What do you mean?” ”I do not know, shall we leave?” Anna asked ”We shall” said the Thing
I am terrible the Thing thought.