- There are no good and bad people, Vika. Understand? Absolutely not. There is a substitution of concepts and subjectivity. Just keep it in mind. And you know, I'll give you some kind of valuable advice: grow teeth and claws. This is where egoists survive. There is no need to give your energy resources to those whom you cannot save and help.

It looks like I, unwittingly, got under Val's skin. But this did not arouse in me the triumph of a small, but victory. I felt shame. She had her own worldview, and it was not for me to trample it with tractor soles. After all, she was the...