135 Beckoning Toward Depature

Gross neglect. Nothing else could best describe how the current situation had developed.

The world was on a trajectory toward ruin because Reed had forsaken his responsibilities. Reed mistakenly thought that by not doing anything, by removing himself out of the world's affairs, he would have spared it another disaster, but...

In reality, he had created another one. Doing nothing was a choice in itself, too.

And within every choice, existed a consequence. Thus, the blame fell upon Reed.

Had Reed listened to him even once, it could have all taken care of much earlier, back when the infection had been relatively minor. It would have only required a minor amount of effort on his part and the problem could have been resolved with a week's time.

But now, the future appeared uncertain for Mulia. The symptoms that they had told Reed were soon to manifest.

He now understood why the earthquake had happened. It was because of him.