The weird, inconclusive ending made me think that this was the author's take on Ursula LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Whatever it was for, old Aleksi sure "walked away!"
The weird, inconclusive ending made me think that this was the author's take on Ursula LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Whatever it was for, old Aleksi sure "walked away!"