[He's floundering, he really is. He feels his heart is racing a mile a minute. He recognizes the uniform. This is very, very bad. If he runs, then he can be placed under suspicion, and that would be the end of John Steinbeck: Resistance fighter.]
[He clenches his fists at his sides, trying to figure out a way to explain.]
It's just...it's a way for me to be closer. To the Mother Tree, that is. I...I did this to myself.
[It's best to tell the truth, but not the whole truth. It's better than trying to come up with a particularly bad lie on the spot.]
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[He's floundering, he really is. He feels his heart is racing a mile a minute. He recognizes the uniform. This is very, very bad. If he runs, then he can be placed under suspicion, and that would be the end of John Steinbeck: Resistance fighter.]
[He clenches his fists at his sides, trying to figure out a way to explain.]
It's just...it's a way for me to be closer. To the Mother Tree, that is. I...I did this to myself.
[It's best to tell the truth, but not the whole truth. It's better than trying to come up with a particularly bad lie on the spot.]