SLSL Get Back

[Dave Meury]

"Sometimes I almost wish I was back at City. And that's bad."

"Why bad?" Picnic said. "I'd rather be back at the Academy any day than
doing this crap."

"No," Levine said frowning, "you don't go back. I only went back once
that I can remember and that was to a broad. And that was bad too."

"Yeah," Picnic said. "You told me. You should have gone back. I wish I
could. Back to the barracks, even, and go to sleep."

"You can sleep anywhere," Levine said. "I can."

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"William Zantzinger":
Does this make sense to anyone?
 
>Why does Picnic say, "You should have gone back"?

JBOR:
>I might be missing something totally obvious, but the only way I can
make sense of it is as a typo for "You shouldn't have gone back."

 * * * 

Unless he's saying, "You should have gone back *anyway*."  Picnic yearns
to physically escape from his current circumstances while Levine says in
effect, "You can escape in a private, internalized way no matter where
you are."