"What about this one, '... and the blind shall see again.'"
"No, I said.
"You're sure?"
I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple. "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
"What few things?"
"These references to the blind. The Dirksons. Some blind girl named Elsa. What are you trying to find out?"
"I thought maybe you remembered something, that's all. I'm pretty much in the dark myself. All I have are a few clues and theories."
"Clues, theories, about what?"
"Eggheads. Sabotage. What the crackpots could build, they can best destroy. They're blowing up factories, manufacturing and power plants, machines, production."
"That's sabotage? I thought the whole idea in bringing about the Era of Normalcy was to do away with all mechanization. Do everything with the hands, like in the good old days."