The Schwa Was Here Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapters 9-10, 'Maybe They Had It Right in France Because Getting My Head Lopped Off by a Guillotine Would Have Been Easier' and 'Earthquakes, Nuclear Winter, and the End of Life as We Know It, over Linguini' Summary

Chapters 9-10, 'Maybe They Had It Right in France Because Getting My Head Lopped Off by a Guillotine Would Have Been Easier' and 'Earthquakes, Nuclear Winter, and the End of Life as We Know It, over Linguini' Summary

The Schwa invites Antsy round for dinner and shows him a new clip he got that was supposedly on the Titanic. He offers to give it to Antsy if he will let him have Lexie. Antsy argues that Lexie is a person, not a thing, so he cannot let him have her. The Schwa tries to appeal to Antsy on grounds of their friendship to let him hang around with Lexie on his own, but Antsy refuses.

While round at Crawley's apartment one day, Lexie tells Antsy and the Schwa that she wants to change her granddad. She thinks he is lonely and unhappy, and that he is not living his life as he should. The Schwa says that trauma can change people, and Antsy suggests focused trauma in the right dose in order to help him rather than hurt him. Lexie says she will think about this.

Antsy...
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