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Day 20: I'm home
Hugo had always known, ever since he was nothing but a little kid, that City was very, very messed up place.
City was the perfect image of the world, of reality. It was the place where one could see everything they needed to know about life. Besides, how could they not see it, when the reality was making itself painfully visible every time they lifted their heads to the sky? How could they not see it, when the ninety nine per cent of the population – Hugo himself included – lived at the very bottom of the world, while the remaining one per cent lived at the very top?
The losers have nothing. Not even rights. Not even the necessary to live. If you were seen in any place over the ground, you were thrown down into the worst pit. If you stayed on the ground where you were and always have been, sooner or later a hole would open underneath your feet and the earth – the dirty, corrupt earth – would shallow you. All the losers could do was look up and loose themselves and everything they had while imagining how their lives would be if they were up there. Those people were called the Commons.
The winners have everything. They can see the sun and the moon, they have no problems in their lives, they have much more money than they need and the privilege to do everything and anything they want to do. They never look down. Everything they need is at least a level below them. Everything they have is around them. Everything they want is above them. Because they are the winners, and the winners have everything and want even more. More money, more fame, more power, more everything! Everything and anything! And everyone is working for them! To the winners, anyone bellow them is either a tool either an annoying ant waiting to be stepped on. The people were the elite, and they were called the Tops.
This was the world. This was City. Those were the Commons and the Tops. This was Hugo's home.
Author notes: I told you that I am not done with the challenge yet! As for this chapter, I was waiting until today's episode (54) to write it. My understanding of Japanese is good enough to understand everything said in the episode saved for a couple of lines.
To be honest, I felt bad when Hugo clarified the reasons as why they were being chased. Commons are ninety nine per cent of the population and they are treate by the Tops as trash? Looks like my theories on Day 7 were just shot down. I expected the whole discrimination thing to be partially solved or stayed the same, not get worse.
I am also surprised that Hugo admitted that he and Rin had no families. Yuzu did not have much time to ponder about it, but Hugo's line (if I am correct) that "Actually, Rin and I never had much of a mother figure" did not go unnoticed by Yuzu.
And what was with the chess guy? I bet he is the current Director. I will not be surprised if it turns out that he is working with the Academia; for his own personal gain.
Anyway, I will fix any mistakes here if it turns out I got something really wrong with the episode, but I do not think I did any mistakes. Please review!