New cohesion (English version)

(This is a rush translation. Copy may not be in its final form.)

Very hot. In Siberia, a virus woke up after 30,000 years.
He arrived in the big city to win. But he needed to work. He got a job with a famous painter, he had studied with a master.
He prepared paints. He painted heads.
The plague has spread. The president had ordered to shoot anyone who came out on the street, then Parliament softened the measures.
Decrees were signed, more and more power to the center.
At that time, Justice had already been bought and the newspapers already belonged to friends of the government.
He worked a lot painting heads and still lifes. He walked down the street with a sword, was arrested and paid bail.
He was called to the Army Chief's palace.
- A talented and violent young man. Beauty moves me. I want you to live here with me, you will be my protégé.
He begins to paint all kinds of religious figures, naked young boys fill his studio.
One day, a fight breaks out with a boy who is late.
- You can't take a train, the police will stop you, they will interrogate you.
At dinner, he comments to the general about the isolation.
- It's a very difficult time. We always defend cohesion, we always fight against the internal enemy. But I feel that elements of my group are losing control. It is necessary to have a controlled democracy, but I am against abandonment. With a budget cut, the people are left without health, harming the economy... Even our women have lost track of who they are, perceiving themselves as the tea aristocracy, drinking with bankers' daughters. The order brings progress, but I feel that the people are being driven to despair. Our commander seems to have gone mad.

The president orders him a set of paintings for the Freedom Hall. They will be displayed when the alarm status ends.
He goes out hiding one night, gets involved in a fight, kills a man.
Ask the general if he should run.
A boat is prepared, flees to the islands, a storm. He walks back to the city on foot, has a fever, dies in a hut.
The immigrants were accused of spreading the plague.
Parties have been banned, journalists have been arrested, activists are being prosecuted. The general is executed.
A year later, the Freedom Hall is inaugurated. His paintings create a new style.

Afonso Junior Ferreira de Lima
https://afonsojunior.blogspot.com/2020/04/nova-coesao.html