Chipping away at the marble...

I've worked most of the day on reconfiguring two chapters of APoS-NWFO into something that moves the story forward. And it's beginning to seem like it's working. I have more to do, on it, but  I'm starting to see the reason for this being where it is and how it affects Brendan.

First off, the B-girls have an almost comedic chapter where they're making Brendan over into someone they don't mind being seen with. New clothes and such, and collapsing into their little arguments.

Then comes Scott, who Brendan is unsure about, thanks to a trick he tried to pull in an attempt to get Brendan into trouble. But throwing Jeremy into the mix, for a bit, helped leaven things, a bit. And they seems to settle down till the serial killing crash into the news.

Scott's fixated on them and spouting off comments to Brendan, who never really responds. He knows how easy it is for a friend to become an enemy, but does what happened in Derry really equate to what happened with Dean Corll and 27 boys, in Houston? Derry has centuries of history behind her explosion of anger and hate, so does it really equate to what Elmer Wayne Henley and David Brooks did to kids they'd known for years, if not all their lives?

I seem to be aiming for something here to equate the two but haven't quite grasped it, yet. I'm reminded of a quote from Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game -- The awful thing about life is this: everybody has their reasons.

Maybe that's all this section is about. Brendan accepting that there is no explanation for anything, really. Shit just happens.