#cause markhelena eats. to Me

[sleazyjanet]

a lot of people point out how little the innies actually work, particularly in mdr, and i have to say that apart from the fact that it solidifies that this is practically an experiment, i THINK it's because this is all the life they get.

if your life were just eight hours in a brightly lit job, you'd stop working as much as you can, because humans are not meant to work 24/7. but that's what the innies are supposed to be doing, according to the outies. they imagine them as their worker bees, their slaves, as they get to do none of the actual working. but of course, the worker bees have such a limited lifespan, that they grasp for freedom wherever and whenever they can. this is all they have.

it's why i think they love so intensely too, if they can. yes, it's all new to them, so there's also that, but it's more than that: they feel more quickly because life passes by more quickly. they could be "asleep" for five months without even knowing. lose friends (like petey) and not know how or why, if they're even alive or not. their lives are so little, and they need to live them to the fullest

it's like something ms casey said about how her life had been so short, and how valuable those hours shadowing helly had been. this is all they have. the human connections matter so much