Farbranch Road Monologue

Todd Hewitt, Farbranch Road, March 2, 2024 Dear Ben.

I hope you're doing well! Despite the swamps and the rain and the war and everything else between here and there, it would be supper if it found you hale and whole. A lot has happened since I last saw Prentisstown. Everyone says the old word for all this is “chaos” and maybe they’re right.

It's been a horrible long walk since those last few miles you dragged so much. So, I started thinking about you again. It happened a lot in that first year, but not so much now. But today. I don't know why I wrote you a letter.

Do you remember me and Manchee? The dog that has brown fur, remember I didn't really like him that much? Well, that's different now. We’ve built a strong friendship and have known each other more and had fun. Now that I think about it, he's better than a fission bike or all the
We didn't trust him so we gave him fake names to be sure we were on the road. On our way we heard a horse's footsteps, it was Mayor Prentiss Junior. His horse was racing towards us and we jumped out and hid in the forest. He heard me and shot his gun, I told Voila to run and I fought Mayor Prentiss Junior.

I jump up from the bushes and strike. He hits me to the floor, where he surrenders me. I couldn't move when he was holding me down and took my knife, but with my legs I pushed him up and threw him onto the floor.I had the knife and had a shot to kill him. But I was a coward, I was too scared to kill him. He whispered to me, "I can't kill you." My dad wants you to. Voila electrocutes Mr. Prentiss junior with a weird rope. I was furious and ready to finish him off, but Voila stopped me. She reminds me I'm not a killer and men are after me to change me.

I encounter a strange creature and start to attack it. I got a spear and started to attack it while it was running away from me. I notice while I'm trying to kill it, I’m changing into the men like in