Indigo

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I assume you would like to know everything that happened after you lost consciousness. First we tried to lay you down on the sofa. But the sofa was too narrow, and our physical strength is, as you’ve seen, very limited, and so you rolled back onto the floor. That’s how you got the wound over your right eye. Of course, we immediately put something on the injured spot (ice, wrapped in a dish towel), but your forehead swelled up quickly anyway. We had, to be honest, not expected you to slide so easily off the sofa. From your external appearance, we wouldn’t have thought that even in a horizontal position your body’s center of gravity is somewhere near your belly. After all, you’re such a dainty, almost fragile-looking person! Be that as it may, when we saw the lump over your eye, we immediately decided to take you out of the zone and into another room.

You asked my husband and me about the difficulties we have to contend with since our decision to bring Robert back home — and now you’ve experienced those difficulties for yourself. Please be assured that we’re very, very sorry about that, but I think that the situation has perhaps provided you insight you probably wouldn’t have gained from a conversation alone. As a teacher at the institute, you might have been cut off from experiences like that.

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