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           "Notiftheyloveeachother."

           "Whynot?"

           "Theydon’tlikeme."

           "Whynot?"

           "Iamthesnake.Iamthesnakeofreason."

           "You’regettingitmixed.Theapplewasreason."

           "No,itwasthesnake."Hewasmorecheerful.

           "Youarebetterwhenyoudon’tthinksodeeply,"Isaid.

           "Iloveyou,baby,"hesaid."YoupuncturemewhenIbecomeagreatItalianthinker.ButIknowmanythingsIcan’tsay.Iknowmorethanyou."

           "Yes.Youdo."

           "Butyouwillhaveabettertime.Evenwithremorseyouwillhaveabettertime."

           "Idon’tthinkso."

           "Oh,yes.Thatistrue.AlreadyIamonlyhappywhenIamworking."Helookedattheflooragain.

           "You’llgetoverthat."

           "No.Ionlyliketwootherthings;oneisbadformyworkandtheotherisoverinhalfanhourorfifteenminutes.Sometimesless."

           "Sometimesagooddealless."

           "PerhapsIhaveimproved,baby.Youdonotknow.Butthereareonlythetwothingsandmywork."

           "You’llgetotherthings."

           "No.Wenevergetanything.Wearebornwithallwehaveandweneverlearn.Wenevergetanythingnew.Weallstartcomplete.YoushouldbegladnottobeaLatin."

           "There’snosuchthingasaLatin.Thatis‘Latin’thinking.Youaresoproudofyourdefects."Rinaldilookedupandlaughed.

           "We’llstop,baby.Iamtiredfromthinkingsomuch."Hehadlookedtiredwhenhecamein."It’snearlytimetoeat.I’mgladyou’reback.Youaremybestfriendandmywarbrother."

           "Whendothewarbrotherseat?"Iasked.

           "Rightaway.