Yeah. Honestly, it would have been better if I hadn't survived.

I was walking, crossing the road to a friend's house, and I got hit by a speeding pickup truck.

Yeah it definitely gives you a new perspective.

"there once was a benevolent king, Grasshopper, who built a wall to protect his people. One day a small boy wandered through a hole in the wall and was caught and severely punished. He was condemned for creating a threat for the people inside. But he only saw flowers and tamarind trees outside the wall. The king said…

He was trying to be careful and not give away the entire season's plot to the audience.

Me, I have the life experience to NEVER trust anyone in a uniform, especially if they cage me up, so no… I would not be painting. I'd either be finding my way out, or preparing for it.

Naw. The flashing light was someone signalling for help, so the military went in to clean up.
Personally I think this group of military is rogue. Acting on their own, command structure is down.

No, it was different from the muzzle flashes, and they were all from the same house.

I LIKE the junkie. Yeah, he's a junkie. But he has more awareness than most of the rest of them.

Well, not really better now, no. I was 18… I'm about to turn 50 and have been on disability since 2004, and it took a few years to get that. I was able to work for a while because of youthful vigor offsetting some of it, but it was always a struggle. Now I am nearly deaf, constant pain, internal issues, vertigo, all…

Yeah… I was seriously injured with a skull fracture, shattered pelvis, internal injuries, and in intensive care for weeks, had anterograde amnesia (unable to form new memories) so I have no memory of about 3 weeks, didn't have a memory if you entered my vision of you having been there seconds before, etc. It was like…

Thuggish soldiers who tell lies is not a trope.
It's reality.

Hell. You don't have to be a junkie to know not to let a good opiate go to waste. All you have to be is someone who has chronic pains or injuries.
You got pills that time you broke your ankle, and you didn't need to take the last week's worth, or the last refill? You damn well got the refill anyway or saved that last…

It could be worse. We could be watching "Under the Dome."

You'd think someone would have long since thought "we'd probably better have a few gas-powered generators handy for the lights in case of emergency…"