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Theme #32: Distance
“So,” Ed said mock-casually, “have any siblings?”
“Well,” Alfons said, after a pause. “I had a brother. A younger brother -- maybe a little younger than you.”
“Younger?” Ed choked on surprise. “…Where is he now?”
Alfons’ jaw tightened, tone hardened. “Morocco, last I heard. He couldn’t stand the humiliation of Germany, the poverty.”
“Last you heard?”
“He ran away.” Alfons’ eyes were far away. “From Germany, from me. I chose to stay here. We don’t talk, not any more.”
Ed fell silent, unable to conceive of choosing to abandon your own brother, and the silence fell between them like distance.
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Theme #32: Distance
“So,” Ed said mock-casually, “have any siblings?”
“Well,” Alfons said, after a pause. “I had a brother. A younger brother -- maybe a little younger than you.”
“Younger?” Ed choked on surprise. “…Where is he now?”
Alfons’ jaw tightened, tone hardened. “Morocco, last I heard. He couldn’t stand the humiliation of Germany, the poverty.”
“Last you heard?”
“He ran away.” Alfons’ eyes were far away. “From Germany, from me. I chose to stay here. We don’t talk, not any more.”
Ed fell silent, unable to conceive of choosing to abandon your own brother, and the silence fell between them like distance.
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