[bitter condescension tinges his words, and he has to stop himself from biting into his cigar; any harder and he'll end up biting it in half, and then where will he be? how silly would he look?
no, none of that now. he's got a reputation to uphold. he might be away from his town - his town, mind you - but, gosh darn it, he's still the mayor. he'll always be the mayor.]
Let me tell you something: there's absolutely nothing wrong with Thneedville. All the stuff you're talking about leads back to one person. It's not the system that's flawed; it's him.
[he takes one more drag on his cigar before dropping it on the grass, snubbing it out with the heel of his shoe. a little too harshly, too.]
You won't have to worry about him when I get back. Things are gonna change for the better.
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[bitter condescension tinges his words, and he has to stop himself from biting into his cigar; any harder and he'll end up biting it in half, and then where will he be? how silly would he look?
no, none of that now. he's got a reputation to uphold. he might be away from his town - his town, mind you - but, gosh darn it, he's still the mayor. he'll always be the mayor.]
Let me tell you something: there's absolutely nothing wrong with Thneedville. All the stuff you're talking about leads back to one person. It's not the system that's flawed; it's him.
[he takes one more drag on his cigar before dropping it on the grass, snubbing it out with the heel of his shoe. a little too harshly, too.]
You won't have to worry about him when I get back. Things are gonna change for the better.