He supplemented his lecture with a booklet.

The criminologist Manuel Eisner scoured all of the historical records across Europe for homicide rates in any village, hamlet, town, county that he could find, and he supplemented them with national data, when nations started keeping statistics.

And they were. They were prepared.

People were suffering. People were fighting.

Teachers were prisoners. Teachers were volunteers.

They were focused. They were engaged.

Some were Generals. Others were Colonels.

They were not eaten, they were thrown away because they were dead.

There were few passengers who were safe.

We were poor, but we were happy.

The bedrooms were cold. They were unheated.

Classes were fixed, so were the breaks.

They were gesticulating they were running around.

We were wrong. Why were we wrong?

They were consuming what they were consuming

They were well respected. They were known.

There were users, and there were payers.

When you were young, people were better.

Farms were bulldozed, old houses were demolished.

You were banished because you were clumsy?

They were around when rockets were born.

What were you before you were human?

You were having a dream,were you?

And people were like, We knew they were vicious. We knew they were.

Some of them were hypothermic, some of them were frostbitten, some were both.

They were

You were.

You were.

You were.

They were

Were you?

We were.

You were....

Were not!

Were you?

Were you?

You were...

you were?

Were you...

Were you?

Were scuffed.

You were.

You were?

Were we?

We were.