[ His smile is a bit lopsided, sad, when he thinks about home. ] To be entirely honest with you, Whitechapel-- my Whitechapel was something far worse than this. Here, at least, we have something beyond smoke and iron. There are days when the Powers That Be leave us primarily to our own devices. There it was always evident that someone was watching, waiting for the chance to crush any dissent, and children grew up under furnaces and ash clouds. [ He laughs, quietly, and waves a hand to indicate the attic at large. ] Hence holing myself up here, I suppose. I'm still not entirely comfortable with nature, as it were.
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[ His smile is a bit lopsided, sad, when he thinks about home. ] To be entirely honest with you, Whitechapel-- my Whitechapel was something far worse than this. Here, at least, we have something beyond smoke and iron. There are days when the Powers That Be leave us primarily to our own devices. There it was always evident that someone was watching, waiting for the chance to crush any dissent, and children grew up under furnaces and ash clouds. [ He laughs, quietly, and waves a hand to indicate the attic at large. ] Hence holing myself up here, I suppose. I'm still not entirely comfortable with nature, as it were.