Haroun is mostly silent for the ride to town.  In part that's because he's thinking, and in part that's because he realizes he's slightly tired from all the things and that he might be wiser to rest his mind staring at the grass roll by, instead of trying to come to any deep decisions.

When he was growing up, life seemed simpler.  Why oh why couldn't it have stayed that way?

Haroun is mostly silent for the ride to town.  In part that's because he's thinking, and in part that's because he realizes he's slightly tired from all the things and that he might be wiser to rest his mind staring at the grass rolling by, instead of trying to come to any deep decisions.

When he was growing up, life seemed simpler.  Why oh why couldn't it have stayed that way?