Ch6-53

Othosmops on March 13, 2025

(russian):
Panel 1:
BRUNO: Rapa Nui legends tell of a great war in which the tribal confederation of the western part of the island fought against the the eastern tribes uNION: apparently the battle raged back and forth for generations, and in the course of the fighting the number of inhabitants was reduced by more than half.
VILIS: Bon appétit!
MIIKO: Mr. Brucs, prease!
BRUNO: After the ecological collapse of the island, the social collapse followed. Everywhere the moai were removed from their platforms and toppled over. We don't know whether the inhabitants knocked their own moai off their pedestals or whether this was the work of their enemies. The villages were abandoned and people took refuge in caves. Progressive agriculture was also discontinued.

Panel 2:
VILIS: Of course: who wants that, if you grow sweet potatoes and become a sweet potato for the enemy yourself ….

Panel 3:
BRUNO: These were the hallmarks of the age of Birdman that had begun: war, collapse at all levels, barbarization and a vicious circle of hereditary enmity.
In short:   
Hell on earth.

Panel 4:
BRUNO: And these are also the characteristics of our age.
We are Rapa Nui, Or rather, we are in the process of becoming one.

Panel 5:
VILIS: Well, there are exceptions. The EU, for example, is at peace with all its neighbors.