Cry wolf often enough as Number 6 was
supposed to have done, and no-one will believe you. Then when your cry is genuine,
no-one will believe you. If there was one man in The Village to prove to be a
stumbling block in the execution of Number 2, then that man would surely prove
to be Number 6. So someone had to have Number 6 discredited, so that he was not
to be believed, not even when he cries wolf to the intended victim.
But then why should Number 6 care what happens to Number 2? Well
of course he doesn't. But he does care what happens to the innocent people. In
fact Number 6 seems to have gained a social conscience all of a sudden, which
is completely out of character, as he's never bothered about the innocent
people of The Village before. Certainly he has no time for them in the next
episode, as Number 6 has reverted back to the "lone wolf," who the
citizens certainly have no time for. Short memories that they have, but then
they never really knew the service Number 6 did them in ‘It‘s Your Funeral.’
And really the people appear quick to turn on Number 6, especially when he is
posted as unmutual. But then of course the good citizens of The Village are
being manipulated by the Committee, which is in Number 2’s pocket. Number 2 and
his Committee might well be holding a witch-hunt against unmutuals, but he’s
using that against Number 6 in order to try and extract the reason behind
Number 6’s resignation. He fails of course, and ends up being denounced by
Number 86 as an unmutual. She of course is being used as a tool against Number
2 by Number 6. Once in ’Free For All’ Number 2 asked the question of whether or
not Number 6 had the administrative ability to manipulate such a community as
The Village? It would appear Number 6 has learned a thing or two along the way.
And for a second time Number 6 saves the good people of The Village from Number
2’s witch-hunt!
Be seeing you
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