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I-Is wanting to stay here r-really that bad of an i-idea? I-I mean... S-Sometimes things here are b-better than they a-are back home. S-Some people might not e-even have a home w-waiting for them or they could even be... Y-You know. Dead. I-If that ever happened to me, I think I'd r-rather be stuck in a place where I-I could start over w-with a second chance and k-keep living.
[Latvia fumbles with the phone for a minute or two. He doesn't know if he should come clean and admit that he was one of those forty-four who wanted to stay. He's gotten braver since his arrival, yes--But he's not sure if he's prepared to deal with the inevitable backlash.
Finally after some thought, he utters two simple words;]
...I-I'm sorry.
[Click!]
[Latvia fumbles with the phone for a minute or two. He doesn't know if he should come clean and admit that he was one of those forty-four who wanted to stay. He's gotten braver since his arrival, yes--But he's not sure if he's prepared to deal with the inevitable backlash.
Finally after some thought, he utters two simple words;]
...I-I'm sorry.
[Click!]