Oliver's expression finally changed. His eyes slowly widened as he looked at Schiller in shock. Schiller let out a long breath, smiled at him, and said, "Surprised? I don't look like it, do I?"
"But... aren't you... aren't you German?" After holding it in for a long time, that was all Oliver could manage. Then he froze again and looked at Schiller. "You weren't born in Berlin, were you? East Berlin? Or somewhere in West Berlin close to the east???"
"You're very smart, Oliver, but that actually has nothing to do with it. Your experience was probably much like mine. You came into contact with Marxism in college too, didn't you?"
"I didn't... I..." Oliver turned his head slightly. "I just read some works, the most famous ones, and that was a long time ago..."
"Then have you forgotten them?"
Oliver pressed his lips together and said nothing. After a moment of silence, he said, "You should know that once you've studied those theories deeply, you'll never forget them."
Schiller smiled again. "Of course I know. That's why I dared tell you. But even if you aren't a Marxist, the way you've reacted to all this is nothing like the descendant of a capitalist. You should have been enjoying all of this as a matter of course."
"There's no such thing as 'should have'!" Oliver was angered, feeling insulted. He said, "I couldn't decide where I was born! If I could, I'd rather have been born in the Slums than use money stained with blood!"
Schiller wore an expression that said he had expected this. The reason he had dared say these things to Oliver was that he knew that, in the comics, Green Arrow was a left-wing hero. He was an officially recognized Marxist, and he would even give