"All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach."


"So where are we?"

"Wandering around on a cold ,windy day, when it is snowing out. Just like we were the last time you asked."

"Why?"

"Its January. It snows a lot in January, at least in the northern hemisphere. Better than having fire season anyways."

"No, I mean, why are we wandering?"

"We are lost. The map we were given offers many possible destinations, but the roads are abandoned, and go off meandering to other areas, before going off in a completely different direction. It's like the map maker doesn't know where he's going, or where he even wants to be. He's not even an explorer really, as entire areas are touched upon and turned away from with no care for where they could lead."

"Well great. Why do we have this map anyways?"

"He was a very popular map seller. Everyone loved his maps. Everyone bought them."

There are no words between them for a moment, only the sound of wind blowing snow into their faces and the crunch of dry snow below their shoes.

"There are people who used those maps, to try to make maps of their own. Some of them even manage to make good maps. Others get frustrated over the lack of clarity in the maps and get lost in it."

"Well, we are pretty lost. Maybe we could try to forge a path of our own."

"What if we end up more lost then the Game of Thrones Ending?"

"What? Why would a book have anything to do with maps?"

" Oh, no I mean the TV series. The author stopped writing new material, and the show struggled to continue where the books cut off."

"I thought there was only one book"

"No. There's more than one."

"But not a TV show."

"Not yet. But it will be, along with Donald Trump's rise to presidency, and the return of Nazi ideology."

"WHAT!"

"He's like cartoonishly evil, except scarier because He's real. He's not even smart or audacious about it like Hitler. And doesn't have any of his charm. Hitler's words are everywhere, even in his quotes. Some people use them as titles because it fits the mood of the times. Because of how common they feel, and it should scare us. And maybe, in hopes of subverting them with it."

"That's terrifying, but how do you know that."

"Angel has access to future knowledge. And past "

"Is Angel a deity?"

"I don't think so…"

They both stop and look at each other.

"We can never let that happen"

"Jinx. You owe me a soda"

"Not happening."

"I know. Where would you even get a soda in the middle of a blizzard? Now, since I have made a confession, tell me something about you?"

"You didn't even make a confession about yourself."

"You first."

"Why?"

"I want to be distracted from the blizzard."

"Goats scare me."

"What!"

"I'll show you why, when we go to the library. But even that will pale in comparison to what scientists did to the goats back at... home. You don't want to know."

"It's not home! Not for you, or me!"

"I don't have another."

"Neither of us are going BACK!"

"Wasn't planning on it."

"So it's not, and never will be called HOME."

"OK… So what's your deep dark secret."

"The earth is flat."

"WHAT"

"The earth is flat."

"BUT its NOT"

"When we have internet, I'll prove it."

"Scientists go out of their way to disprove that theory."

"Scientists are EVIL. Never believe what they say!"

"Ah-can we talk this over when we aren't in a blizzard?"

"What do you want to talk about instead?"

"Umm… You said you would teach me to sing The Ultimate Showdown?"

"Oh Godzilla was stomping around-"


The blizzard chat I mentioned. Shameless dialouge chitchat practice.

Sleepwalker will probably have a followup, or a few.