Life is lived at the margins. Solvency is having income higher than outgo. Insolvency the reverse, by however little. So it is with moral insolvency.
Lindsey plays catch-up with the crazy. His history is of characterless ambition and vacillation, as much as jello can vacillate. But he isn't as nuts as the new crop. On average.
What's a boy to do? He has to overshooot to stay in the game. But how do you overshoot insanity? At some point it's only insanity and unquantifiable.
You're on the wrong side of the line, son. Graham has a dilemma. He can't compete with cradle crazy. So he aims for elder status. To be respected as an elder anti-statesman.
A pioneer. Destroyer emeritus, honorarily degreed. A festering turd in good standing. A member of the lodge and grand dragon. Kind of jowly for a dragon, though.
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