The man's words gave him a sense of importance and he nodded, smiling to himself. Maybe what he'd done had been more than the angry rambling of an angsty young man. It felt good to feel that he'd actually done something against the threat encroaching on his way of life, even if in the long run it might not make that much of a difference.
Not a natural, which surprised him (most older people, especially those who hung around the farms, had been here for years) but Emmett respect the man instantly, from his common words to his sensibilities.
He was sure the question asked was a metaphor and could see where it was going, but he responded genuinely anyway: "I cut it out. Pull out the roots too. You gotta try n get it all, or it just comes back and it's always stronger the second time."
Not a natural, which surprised him (most older people, especially those who hung around the farms, had been here for years) but Emmett respect the man instantly, from his common words to his sensibilities.
He was sure the question asked was a metaphor and could see where it was going, but he responded genuinely anyway: "I cut it out. Pull out the roots too. You gotta try n get it all, or it just comes back and it's always stronger the second time."
