She gave him the email. He responded via her email account.” “Okay, okay. Keep reading.
“‘My response is being written with ink and paper in the glorious tradition of our ancestors
and then transcribed by Ms. Vliegenthart into a series of 1s and 0s to travel through the insipid web which has lately ensnared our species,
so I apologize for any errors or omissions that may result.
“‘Given the entertainment bacchanalia at the disposal of young men and women of your generation,
I am grateful to anyone anywhere who sets aside the hours necessary to read my little book.
But I am particularly indebted to you, sir, both for your kind words about An Imperial Affliction
and for taking the time to tell me that the book, and here I quote you directly, “meant a great deal” to you.
“‘This comment, however, leads me to wonder: What do you mean by meant?
Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable?
Or is the only value in passing the time as comfortably as possible?
What should a story seek to emulate, Augustus? A ringing alarm? A call to arms? A morphine drip?
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