Alecto, have you noticed how downhill this little island is becoming? Mandy questioned sadly. All these organic food stores and yoga studios and cellular phone towers… Cape Breton was one of the only places left where it still had that nostalgic small town atmosphere but now… I've only been away for a year, how could things have changed so quickly? I mean, how can the world accept it? C'est la vie, said Alecto, looking extremely tired as he stared out the window at the late November maple keys fluttering down from vibrantly red trees lining the streets on either side of the windshield.
Mandy expresses her sorrow over the rapid changes occurring on their once quaint island, Cape Breton. She reflects on the transformation brought about by new organic food stores, yoga studios, and cellular phone towers, lamenting the loss of its nostalgic small-town charm. Despite only being away for a year, she feels that everything has shifted dramatically, making her question how the world can allow such changes to happen.
Alecto, feeling weary,...