Chapter 5722 (five thousand seven hundred and twenty-two)

The Gray Hand asked, “Why is that? Actually, we didn’t do this when we tried to change the subject before, did we?”

The brown-handed man said, “Yes, it’s true that changing the subject sometimes doesn’t feel as comfortable as it did this time.”

“But I seem to have overlooked a problem just now.” said the Gray Hand Man.

“What’s the problem?” asked the Brown-Handed Man.

Just after asking, the brown-handed man suddenly thought of something and said, “Is it true that the situations we used to change the subject before were quite different from this time?”

The Gray Hand said, “I think so. Sometimes when we changed the subject, it was often right after something had changed, right? We were talking about something else, and suddenly the sound of the wind or the sound of the rain changed, and then one of us would immediately indicate that something had changed, and the subject would be changed.”

The brown-handed man hummed and said, “This time the topic was changed, is it farther away from the time when the change happened?”

“You can say that,” said the Gray Hand Man, “I think so.”

The brown-handed man continued, “So, when the sounds just changed, you and I immediately changed the subject. Even if we talked about something related to the previous changes, we wouldn’t feel so uncomfortable?”

“So, whether we feel uncomfortable changing the subject like we did this time may be related to what changes happened before we changed the subject,” said the man with gray hands.

“Can we say that if we change the subject following certain changes, we won’t feel uncomfortable?” The brown-handed man said, “Of course, I didn’t say it’s absolutely true. Do you think there’s a possibility like what I said?” The gray-handed man said, “Yes. In addition to this possibility, is there another possibility that because our attention is attracted by the change, we don’t pay too much attention to whether we feel comfortable or not at that moment?”

“That’s possible.” The brown-handed man said, “But, at some point in the past, I didn’t seem to feel that uncomfortable.”

Gray Hand Man said: “I think so too. I remembered some of the previous situations, about usefulness and uselessness, but I haven’t figured it out yet.”

The brown-handed man said, “Sometimes before, our behavior of changing the subject went so smoothly, and during that process, we didn’t feel that uncomfortable. Can this kind of discomfort be considered a manifestation of smoothness?”

“I think it can be considered as such,” said the Gray Hand Man. “If changing the subject makes you and me uncomfortable, this feeling can also be considered as an obstacle. Such obstacles can be big or small. If the obstacle is big enough, then maybe we won’t be able to successfully change the subject?”

“It’s possible.” The brown-handed man said, “Based on our earlier experience, you and I can change the topic smoothly, which means that changing the topic is basically useless. Based on our later experience, you and I can change the topic smoothly, which doesn’t mean that changing the topic is useful or useless. Although it doesn’t make much sense to talk about experience in such an environment, I still think of experience at this moment – experience at different stages.”

The Gray Hand Man said, “We both felt uncomfortable when we changed the subject this time. Do you think it was useful this time?”

The brown-handed man said, “I think it is useful.”

(End of this chapter)