“He was aware that the way things really were was far different than most people believed. The world a wilder, more feral, more abnormal environment than ordinary civilians were able to accept. Ordinary civilians lived in a state of innocence, veiling their eyes against the truth. The world unveiled would scare them, destroy their moral certainties, lead to losses of nerve or retreats into religion or drink.” WorldLifeIgnoranceWildnessAbnormalityFeralness Book:Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights Source: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights