ESCAPE!

   Reason must dictate that eventually at some point, there must come a time when inmates of The Village have tried every way there is to escape The Village. Of course that would not stop new arrivals from making the same attempts. Because there can only be a certain number of ways to try and escape. So then what, quiet acceptance of The Village? Anyone who is thinking of escape could do no better than to ask Number 8 {the white Queen} seeing as she’s helped others with their escape attempts. None of which ever succeeded, but at least she knows what escape plans have been tried already. Perhaps it might be amusing to see someone come up with a plan that’s been used before and failed. Take Number 6’s plan in ‘Checkmate,’ he learned how to distinguish between the warders and the prisoners from Number 14, who in all probability tried that same plan himself. And was himself involved with Number 6’s plan. Number 14 may well have instigated the same plan, in having gathered about him men he thought he could depend on. And yet the plan failed, perhaps because he was betrayed, or let down in the same manner Number 6 was by the Rook. And yet Number 14 went along with Number 6’s plan, because perhaps he thought where he failed, Number 6 might well succeed. It must have been heart breaking for Number 14 to see the plan fail a second time!

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