““It's like people are going crazy. Again." "Or still," Taro suggested. "Still?" He shrugged. "It's not like they were sane while we were gone and only got crazy after we came back." Now, there was an idea. Maybe we had brought the craziness with us. "I think I like that idea better than the possibility that they're just getting progressively crazier woth no end in sight." "There's always an end," he said. "Aye, but some ends are better than others." "We're not going to get into a philisophical discussion, are we?" "I certainly hope not." "Air is better blown to water," Taro added. "Exactly," I said, though I didn't really know what that meant. I assumed it was something relevant.””