EP 47.

After the Great War, new neighbors ask, which war? The Great One, the one just starting? Why do you distrust me? Aren’t we friends? Are monsters always monsters under cover? What about Santa Claus? Why can’t a double agent become a triple one? Is that how a friend behaves? Between the wars, do I turn the other cheek? Between the wars, will you keep an eye out? Which war are we discussing again? Why is it ok to lie to children that Santa Claus is real? If a coin is grabbed by an enemy mid-toss, what will we do?

Excerpt:

Propaganda: inside the theater, the bloodless attack of images and plots—a view of an alternative world: people on one side of the wall appear human but have super-powers the other side doesn’t. This is seductive. This is new weaponry. Soft weaponry. A fantasy world. Une nuit blanche? Sleep my dear. Trust the translation: here a big cheese is une grosse légume, and a change of heart is changer son fusil d’épaule. We all cross and double-cross the bridge when we come to it (chaque chose en son temps) whether we call it a split personality or a double. Une chape de plomb.