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The world had become absurd, or perhaps it had always been absurd, not just unrecognizably so after the arrival of the Aliens.
Four people emerged from a helicopter that shouldn't have been there, then two fully-armed individuals pointed their guns at him, at someone who should have been a fellow Sanitation Worker... at him.
Murphy felt the world had become entirely foreign to him, everything had become strange and absurd.
Murphy didn't react at all; he let two Guards grab his arms and twist them behind his back, causing pain in his arms, but Murphy was experiencing such a strong psychological shock at the moment that he didn't find it surprising to have his arms twisted and cuffed behind him.
"Larry! I am a member of the Order of the Temple Knights, I am an Elder Candidate for the Elder Council, and now you're calling me a traitor? You're letting a Graycloak take over my position?"
