It was worth mentioning that Yila and Ernie's situations were very similar, but the answer Ernie was looking for, Yila had already given... And the answer Yila was seeking was destined to have no end.
If what Ernie sought was a "tribe," then Yila's desire was more specific—it was for a "civilization." Even if the trajectory of a civilization deviated slightly, it would no longer be the original civilization.
In Yila's conversations with Ernie, he never lied. So, even his aggressive and invasive questioning was something he himself acknowledged as truth.
*"So you want to deceive yourself and rebuild a 'home'? Betraying the past 'home' as if it never disappeared?"*
Yila said this at that time, which also represented an interesting fact—even Yila understood that the process of rebuilding a 'home' was merely self-deception.
Just like Ernie said... it was merely self-deception, utterly pathetic.
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