[ Eddie got sick, he wants to tell her. Eddie got sick and he didn't die, and that's probably one of the greatest deeds he's ever done. And yet here he is, behind bars, like he probably would have been if Roland hadn't showed up inside his head that day.
Maybe that's what this is. Maybe the world's gone backwards, Roland and Susannah and Jake and Mid-World and everything else yanked away from him because he doesn't deserve it.
That's crazy talk, of course it is, and Eddie visibly shakes his head as if he's trying to knock the crazy loose. Not least because this jailhouse doesn't look anything like one he'd have been thrown in if the DEA had bagged him that day; it's definitely not some federal prison. Too medieval for that. ]
I bet you inspired some kid to get real good at algebra, [ Eddie says wisely. He's trying not to be dour about this, especially because she seems friendly enough. And really, who is he to doubt that an elementary school teacher has done enough great deeds to not get locked in jail upon arriving in a strange new world? ] And then he turned out to be Albert Einstein.
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Maybe that's what this is. Maybe the world's gone backwards, Roland and Susannah and Jake and Mid-World and everything else yanked away from him because he doesn't deserve it.
That's crazy talk, of course it is, and Eddie visibly shakes his head as if he's trying to knock the crazy loose. Not least because this jailhouse doesn't look anything like one he'd have been thrown in if the DEA had bagged him that day; it's definitely not some federal prison. Too medieval for that. ]
I bet you inspired some kid to get real good at algebra, [ Eddie says wisely. He's trying not to be dour about this, especially because she seems friendly enough. And really, who is he to doubt that an elementary school teacher has done enough great deeds to not get locked in jail upon arriving in a strange new world? ] And then he turned out to be Albert Einstein.