(hotel reception / disaster ethics / bianca’s escape plan)
I’m in an open, windowed hotel reception area. Long tables covered in white sheets are set up with food and drinks, and people stand around talking in small groups.
I’m standing with a female friend of mine, though I can’t remember who it is, and Bianca Del Rio.
We’re talking about what would happen if there were suddenly a terrorist threat in the room. My friend suggests that the most generous thing would be to try to get everyone out.
Bianca says she wouldn’t bother trying to save everyone. It would be a fraught situation, there wouldn’t be time, and people would panic. Instead, she says she would just dive for the window and maybe grab the two of us along with her, since we’re already nearby.
We roll our eyes and thank her jokingly, but privately I think that’s rather generous of her, considering she could just save herself.