BNW Chapter 11

Tomakin resigned and never stepped foot in the Centre ever again. Nobody cared to see Linda as much as John. They hated the sight of her. Her rolls and face dissgusted their very beings. Linda saw her return to civilization as her return to soma. Her plan was to take a soma vacation after vacation. A never ending cycle of soma infused sleep-which should kill her in a month or two. John dislikes this process, but Linda wants it and the doctors want to see it. He has no power, he should know that by now just by living on the reservation. I'm not saying he shouldn't voice his own opinion, but he should consider the fact that if he was an outcast in his homeland, he shouldn't  expect much from another society. In this next moment we learn something about Bernard. For the first time, Bernard felt important-a feeling he never recieved from his society- having business with John and Linda. People offered him things, women offered themselves. Intersting how one moment an Alpha Plus feels affected by the pressures of his society and next want to thrive in it because it makes him feel important.

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