Just after eight, more people began to trickle into the restaurant. Elvin casually picked up a newspaper that Lance had looked at and spread it open, his previously relaxed expression suddenly becoming serious.
He also read books and newspapers. During these years with Lance, he realized something he had never been aware of before.
This society, this world, is continuously moving forward, rolling forward!
For him when he was younger, the so-called "past" was just a glance back, and the future was merely "tomorrow," "the day after tomorrow," and "the day after that."
He couldn't see any changes, nor did he consider growth.
But now, lacking neither wealth nor status, he started considering more, and he began to require himself to read newspapers, listen to the radio, and occasionally read books.
Humans are quite an interesting species; when they are ignorant, they are unafraid, filled with curiosity and various emotions toward the world, except for fear.
