《I don't want to be a hero》Chapter 12: Homeostasis
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After getting the clothes from the church, Sara knew that Cat was waiting for her, but still needed to check a couple of places
First, she went back to the factory, but the place still had a yellow line on it
There were no people around or inside, so she could pass over the line and get inside. She even hesitated a little, but there was no point
All their stuff was crushed and no one inside meant that they weren't there
Instead, she chooses to try her luck with their different spots
But before we go there, let me ask you a question Have you ever heard of homeostasis?
Have you ever heard of homeostasis?
In case you don't know and don't fell like google in it, it is the ability or tendency to maintain internal stability in an organism to compensate for environmental changes
Basically, if an external influence affects an organism state, the organisms tries it's best to reach an equilibrium again
For example, if the body is too hot, a person start sweating to cool the body down
Drink too much water? You go to the bathroom more often
Drink too little, cells break down to create water while the throat and mouth become dry, so that the symptoms of thirst motivate the organism to drink
And you are probably wondering, where I am going with all this, right?
Well, let's think a little
1.5 days ago a factory full of homeless people that spend most of their time begging on the streets were incapacitated after it fell down. Some died, somewhere wounded and very few got away ok
All this people had to put food on the table somehow, and they all did in different ways
Some begged
Some looked in the garbage Some sold cheap stuff on the street, etc
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Some sold cheap stuff on the street etc
etc
But after the building collapsed, all this "works" suddenly became open
The spots they had before were now free to use
And some of them were pretty good, or, at least, better than others
Now imagine this
Each zone in a city has a limit amount of resources
Since each zone had a limited amount of resources, it could only sustain a limited amount of people
When too many people were in one zone, some were forced to move to a zone with fewer people or more resources to share
That way, even though each zone had a different amount of people, there was a balance
No matter how profitable a zone was, when it reached a certain amount of people, it was more profitable to move some to a different place
Each zone usually increase or decrease a few people at the time, always maintaining this balance
But what do you think it happens when suddenly a zone becomes empty?
Homeostasis
People that had a limited amount of resources in their zone tries to move to the new zone with fewer people to share with(more for each)
So what do you think Sara saw when she went to her and her brothers and sister spots?
People already using them
In her spot was a guy without legs
In Jess, a new kid
John place? Lady with a baby
And in Max's place, a blind man
Each time she went to one of the spots and found it occupy, she went to the next one in hope of finding her family
But when she finally reached the last one, the one she wanted to check first but at the same time was afraid of doing it.... she lost hope
She lost hope when she saw the blind man
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Part of her hoped to see Max just sitting there, with his arms open, saying everything was going to be ok
She wanted to believe and was afraid to confirm at the same time
So when she saw the blind man, she just stared at him, not knowing what to do
IF it had been a kid, she may have gone and fight him while screaming. If it was a normal adult, she may have shy away since there was nothing she could do
But a blind man? Part of her wanted to go there a fight for her brother spot and another part of her thought not only that it was wrong, but that there was no point
It was a fight withing her sadness and her anger
And she had this internal fight while staring at the blind man
She saw how that guy was just sitting at her brother spot, with a can on his hand making coin noises
She even felt irritated when she heard the constant noise of coins hitting the can, asking for more from the people on the street
*clang**clang**clang**clang**clang**clang**clang**clang**clang**clang**clang**clang*
Was the constant sound she heard
With each *clang*, she felt a little more annoyed, a little more angry and a little less sad
Why was he on her brother spot?what right did he have? it was unfair for him to be there and not his brother
What if her brother came back and found him there? he may give up and go someplace else, losing her opportunity of seen him again
Her thought reached such a point that she closed her fists, and was just about to go fight that guy when something happened
It wasn't that the blind guy notices her, or anyone tried to stop her
What happen was simply that a small kid with his mum gave a coin to the blind guy
The moment the kid did that, the *clang* sound stopped
"Thank you"(Blind guy)
"You are welcome"(Kid) said while his mum dragged him away
After hearing the kids voice, the blind mind was surprised for a moment but did nothing else
He just stayed there, without doing the *clang* sound, while showing a sad expression for some reason
Meanwhile, Sara stopped moving again. All that made her forget her anger for a moment, and when the kid was far away while the blind mind was quiet in Max spot, she just didn't felt like fighting
Instead, she started looking at her fist for a moment, thinking of what she was just about to do, when she saw "right" wrote on her right hand
She noticed the weight of the bag on her left hand and remember why she was out and that someone was waiting
Sara took one last look at the blind mind, turned around, and when back to the church
Afterwards, she followed the paper back to her new home
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