Upon his return from the city, he was confronted with an epidemic of inertia skulking into previously vital spirits. This was not simply a contrast between metropolis and village; his community had given up on their lives. The focus had shifted from sustaining a living in honourable pursuits to acting as indentured servants to the tourists. Proud men cowered before demanding customers in cafes and beautiful young women cleaned rooms while enduring wandering hands briefly flicking and pinching while untethered by the absence of watchful wives.