"The community must live, so too must No.6."
One can be a rebel, a non-conformist, refuse to settle down and join in. Not to accept the village, be a lone-wolf that belongs to the wilderness for as long as you like. But at the end of the day even 'unmutuals' are forced to become part of the community. And so it is with No.6, as he involved himself, not directly with the community during Hammer Into Anvil, as he became the avenging angel for the deceased No.73 who threw herself out of the hospital window. And in this we discover where No.6's sympathies lie, a question asked by the new No.2 of Arrival.... with citizens of the community, protecting them in fact, as he did in It's Your Funeral by preventing the death of the retiring No.2 and thereby stopping any possibility of mass reprisals taken against the community. And with any damsel in distress, as in the case of Nadia in The Chimes of Big Ben who No.6 saw to be in distress, although of course she wasn't. Then there was Monique in It's Your Funeral. And of course Cathy, the saloon girl in Living In Harmony.
So No.6 rejects the village, he refuses to settle down, to join in. But this 'lone-wolf' does accept the provisions and services which the village administration provides for its citizens. Its health and welfare, the credit he enjoys in order to pay for those little luxuries he enjoys, note book, pen and pencil. Records, copies of The Tally Ho, the occasional cuckoo clock! Not to mention cups of coffee at the cafe and down on the lawn of the old people's home!
No.6 may not accept the village, but he certainly takes advantage of it's amenities which the administration provides within the village boundaries!
There is an omitted scene at the end of Hammer Into Anvil where No.6 is seen visiting No.73's grave. This provokes the question asked of No.6 by No.2 in Once Upon A Time "Why do you care?"
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