Fallout (Crank 3)

This answer takes longer. I’m not sure

Kristina can feel much anymore.

I’VE THOUGHT THE SAME THING

Seems like, no matter what goes

down in Kristina’s life, the only

thing she ever feels is paranoia.

Everyone hates her. (Not true.)

Everyone distrusts her. (True.)

Everyone is out to get her. (Uh … why?)

Whatever bad happens in her life,

it’s someone else’s fault. Wrong

turns? Forced to take them. Fall

flat on her face? She was pushed.

Personal responsibility for the choices

she has made? What the hell

is “personal responsibility”? And

what about other feelings? Love?

Happiness? Anticipation? Hate, even?

All those emotions seem unavailable

to her. Like no matter how deep

she drills for them, the well is dry.

Was she born that way? Were

those things taken from her?

What I want to know is, “Why?”

Leigh takes her time answering.

Kristina never really was the “warm

and fuzzy” type. But when we were

younger, she was so much more alive

inside. The meth stole that life force,

of course. You know how they say