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I stare at them in the slightly chilly prison cell. Thinly clad and emaciated, their defiant eyes remind me of the inhabitants of a poor village.
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"But even if they let us go now, where the hell are we going?"
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I ask them the question again. The boy, who I assume is the older brother, ponders for a moment and then opens his mouth.
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"I'm going back to my country."
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"Are you waiting for someone? You guys."
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His eyes become even sharper at my words. If he had not been deported, I could only assume that he had fled his country.
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"Some people don't like it when you give them freedom," he said.
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I provoke them a little by saying so.
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It's irritating to be mocked by a boy not much older than myself.
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"It's better than working for you."
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"Oh, really? So where do you want to work? I'm sure there's no place that will hire you guys."
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"Shut up. I'll steal to survive.
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"And if you get caught? My brother might be alone and go down."
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"I'm not that screwed up."
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He raises his voice a little, perhaps annoyed at the mention of his brother. In his arms, the little boy cuddles up to him and closes his eyes.
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Lieutenant Neil watches us without saying a word.
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"If you're going to steal for the rest of your life, you might as well make a decent living working for me," he says. Or are you saying that you can't work here because you're not good enough?"
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Looking down at them, I smirk as if to mock them.
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"You."
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Saying this, the boy suddenly took his hand off his brother's and grabbed me vigorously by the chest over the fence.
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Deputy Neil says, "Hey," and moves toward him, but he glares at me, not even looking at Deputy Neil.
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"Have you ever lost everything? Have you ever had your family, your position, your honor, everything taken from you? Don't tell me you can't see. Remember my face. Remember this face of vengeance. I'm getting out of here. I'm going back to my country.
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He said this with an impassioned look on his face. The atmosphere was so tense that Vice Captain Neal fell silent.
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So he must have been a nobleman in Melvin. It seems that Laval is not the only country with problems.
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"If you want revenge, I can train you..."
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"What?"
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The boy looks doubtful at my words, and his grip on my chest weakens a little.
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"Well, if I'm wrong, I might throw it away.
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"What are you talking about? It's ridiculous to be trained by someone who seems weaker than you. And there's no way I'm going to take you up on such a sweet offer to help you get revenge."
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With that he takes his hand away from mine and goes to his brother.
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"......Vice Captain Neil, may I have a moment alone with him?"
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I said this, and Captain Neil thought for a moment with a difficult look on his face, then nodded his head and said, "Okay.
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In order for him to trust me, I had to provide him with some information about our side first.
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"You should get the hell out of here, too," he said.
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They really don't miss you at all.
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It's good that you don't trust people easily. But in his case, the reason he doesn't trust me is because he's been cheated by so many people in his life.
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