The Horizon - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - The Strange Man: Part 4

[Shinobu]

FUCK

 

[LaDeeDah]

Can't say I'm surprised. There are few situations where a grown man following around a bunch of kids ends well, even without the whole post-apocalypse thing

 

[hidayato]

serve him right!

 

[dxd38]

Well, glad they got away from the strange man, but I'm worried about what will happen from here on.

 

[Gwenxkx]

Wow at some point I felt sorry for the strange man... I’m glad they got away!!

 

[Wind1]

what the fuck

 

[otakukc]

wait was that guy bout to rape her or eat her? fuck u dude

 

[sooupy]

do these kids ever get a fucking break

 

[rtl_ddto]

That was painful to read

 

[Unicornzz22]

im conflicted with so many emotion

 

[krowri]

Yoooo, that was one hell of a ride. Akala ko di na 'ko makakahinga

 

[Angel_Error]

See, that was exactly the shit I was seriously hoping they wouldn't jump to when they handled the old man. I knew it from the very beginning they were going to go there since it's one of the most obvious ways to evoke a reaction from the reader, but it's basically the go-to panic button in every "dark" series so all I can do is lament they couldn't think of anything else.

Pretty much have the new guys figured out too, I'm sure.

Well it's just realistic, it's inevitable imo. The man was built up to behave like that, even people agreed the boy shouldn't let him go with them in earlier chapters.

 

[CornerForker]

Dang he really did go insane

 

[Saitampolglad]

Let them rest bruh

 

[Darfer]

Yess tho sad, the man's behavior is totally normal and expected once you got your basic needs fulfilled.

Things will get more difficult once we have more sufficient, ideologically-driven men, so the two principles stand: understand the goal of others (and the world, physically and philosophically) then accomodate as muuuch as possible. At the same time, improve whatever skill you are inclined to (genetically or motivation-based) that will allow more resource abundance.

If we value unharm, non-hatred, and unloneliness, then anything else than these two is distraction.