That night at “the Oubliette”:

(She:)

I saw a sign that read:

BEWARE!

NO MORE VIOLENCE BEYOND THIS POINT-

AGGRESSION STRICTLY TOLERATED

ANYWHERE OUTSIDE COMPOUND FENCE

(He:)

"It's like you said:

No one bites off the heads of chickens or rats anymore.. man is no longer a barbarian now..

These days you use synthetics, or an android if you don't wanna upset tóo many front row fans.. That's how you put on a show!"

(It:) "... he who seeks chaos for salvation,

also some day shall seek salvation

fróm exactly that same chaos ..."

Since there seems no way around it,

these words now just have lost all and every substance guys.

(Taunting the rim, Bartender smiles, almost invisibly)