Yes Professor Jacob Seltzman’s mind escaped The Village, or at least we assume he
escaped the Village, in a body perhaps not to his liking, the Colonel’s. Why
assume? Well we can only go by what Number 6 said, that the Professor is now
free to continue with his experiments in peace. For all we know Seltzman could
have been brought back in the helicopter, the pilot ordered to do so over the
radio. Or even flown back in the helicopter by remote control, just as the
Prisoner was when he tried to escape The Village in ‘Arrival.’
But what of the Colonel? He was another
traitor, or turncoat just like two of his predecessors. Well one that we know
of, and another possible. The Colonel, worked for The Village when called upon.
Perhaps he had once been a prisoner, and had been turned like Cobb,
Fotheringay, and his Colonel. His mind died in the Seltzman’s body, therefore he couldn’t be retuned to the department of British intelligence
from whence he came. If he was married he certainly couldn’t’t be returned to his wife and family. So no doubt he
was buried in The Village cemetery, in an unmarked grave, seeing as he had no
number!
I always felt sorry for this particular
Colonel, because he had been seconded to The Village, no matter how gratified
he was at being sent there by the highest authority, but without being told
why. Its no wonder he looked nervous! Did he take it like a man when they told
him he was to undergo a mind transference with Number 6? Or did he go kicking
and screaming, before they sedated him I wonder? But he did his duty, and an
old soldier can do no more than his duty.
Be seeing you
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