ldquo You rsquo re not what I expected I thought I rsquo d hate you but I don rsquo t rdquo The young man rsquo s words seemed harsh but they were actually an effort to be kind I was studying abroad in his country a land that decades earlier had been at war with my own We were participating in a group discussion in class together and I noticed he seemed distant When I asked if I had offended him somehow he responded ldquo Not at all And that rsquo s the thing My grandfather was killed in that
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