TALKS WITH 1808

   "Hello, Javier!"

   "Hello, 1808!"

   "How are you?"

   "I'm fine, I'm fine."

   "Don't lie to me, Javier. My antennas can detect you're not telling me the truth. In addition, I've been watching you for a while and I've noticed you're a bit sad."

   "Oh, now you watch me!"

    "Well, yes, I do. I watch you because you, humans, are very difficult creatures to treat with: your behaviour is unpredictable."

   "Oh, great! Just what I needed, an ant watching my behaviour and giving his opinion about it."

     "But don't get angry."

    "No, I'm not angry, ant."

     "If I had know, I wouldn't have said a thing. You're overreacting!"

     "I'm not overreacting, but do you know the meaning of the word 'privacy'? Do you understand that sometimes people wish to be lonely?"

     "No, not really. I don't understand that."

   "Listen, 1808, when humans are worried or are uneasy about a person or a situation, they wish for lonliness in order to feel better and improve their negative mood, or just to think about a solution to their problems. Do you understand now?"

    "Yes, perfectly. But what's the matter with you know?"

    "Hahaha. You're incredible!"

    "Tell me!, tell me!"

  "I'm upset, disappointed, angry, outraged... They've deceived us and taken advantage of us, our parents and our grandparents. They sold us a paradise if we worked hard and now all we have is a purgatory. 

    I am sad because the values and the hopes that we had about changing our world have shattered."

    "Ugh! You feel worse than I thought." 

     "Well, you have asked. Then don't be surprised if everything I've been accumulating inside goes out."

     "Please, go on."

     "No. You've interrupted me, 1808. To summarise it, I'll tell you that this country suffered for many years a dictatorship and a dictator. When he died, it seemed that everything would change and that normality would fill our homes.

      But after forty years, we are almost like we were then: the government is made up of people who only defend their own interests and oppress, step on and slaughter the most unprivileged. 

      They are corrupted people who make us feel as if we were back in the 1950s, making disappear all the milestones that took blood, sweat and tears to achieve.

      Do you think it's a minor thing? Do you think it is not enough reason to be sad?"  

      "No, no. Of course you're right.  I'll leave you alone, you need it. See ya, Big Shoes."

      "Goodbye, 1808." 

      "Oh, my God! How sad and worried he is!"