How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Trachimbrod itself was overcome with a strange inertness. […] Activity was replaced with thought. Memory. […] Memory begat memory begat memory. (32.4)
As the war gets closer and closer to Trachimbrod, the villagers start just… sitting around waiting to die. Maybe they know it's inevitable, and they turn to their memories (and, most importantly, record them) so that they will one day be remembered themselves.