54886 - Half a century

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athina Kehagias

Monster
An error of strategy can take fifty years to correct.
Chameleon
Half a century of correction.
Monster
But how do the people feel?
Chameleon
Fifty is a lot for many of them…
Monster
They ought to remember… Most prefer to forget…
Chameleon
In order not to be hurtful…
Monster
But they do not overcome anything in this manner.
Chameleon
They preserve the occupation …
Monster
And they do not help the liberation.
Chameleon
These are obstacles which ought to be overcome.
Monster
Although we do it to help them.
Chameleon
In order for them to be helped they need to be conscientious of it.
Monster
Why do you say that?
Chameleon
I remembered once when we went to the occupied territories in order to help the entrapped people.
Monster
And what happened?
Chameleon
Some denounced us to the authorities of barbarism.
Monster
Although you went to help them…
Chameleon
They did not know us and they were afraid.
Monster
The result is that they betrayed you.
Chameleon
But we got over it…
Monster
What exactly happened?
Chameleon
They stopped us on the road, as we were returning…
Monster
But how did you escape them?
Chameleon
We spoke in another language…
Monster
That ought to have surprised them…
Chameleon
They did not expect it… And they started another discussion
Monster
So you answered to pointless things.
Chameleon
And they did not understand that we had come on a mission.
Monster
Did you finally managed to help them?
Chameleon
Indirectly yes, since the little people did not leave…
Monster
Were they due to leave?
Chameleon
This is what the regime wanted.
Monster
But it failed.
Chameleon
It did not detect us.
Monster
It underestimated his opponent.
Chameleon
It constitutes a classic mistake to a system which considers itself almighty.
Monster
They were not aware about penetration.
Chameleon
Not even now
Monster
But the problem remains.
Chameleon
The issue.
Monster
Is it one of the ones we ought to solve?
Chameleon
Exactly
Monster
I will be happy to participate in its solution.