Dialogue

L: Hey man! Its nice to see you again

A: Luis? Is that you?
L: We were worried about you, we thought you were dead. Why didnt you send us the letter
earlier?
A: Sorry I didnt know how to contact you guys, before I got in contact with the International
Red Cross.
L: Oh
A: What happened to the family when I was away?
L: When you were abducted, few days after I was so scared that it might happen to me, so I
went and sleep with the cattle to feel safer
A: Haha, by the way how did you get those scars on your knees?
L: Oh, I got tortured by the teachers at school for information about the Unita since they knew
you were my brother
A: Im sorry to hear that, mustve bene awful
L: Its fine, everything is in the past now
A: Did anything else happened?
L: I moved to a small town in 1981 to continue my study, then got abducted later on at 15 years
old by the MPLA. So how was life there for you with the Unita?
A: After I got kidnapped by the Unita, I met 6 other boys and we were taught to ambush with
sticks because there werent enough weapons for us to use
L: That mustve been rough What happened to your leg?
A: I was in the front line and one time accidentally stepped on a land mine
L: Oh!... I was also in the front line, Im really glad we didnt fight each other
A: Me too, I felt terrible seeing my fellow soldiers died around me. I didnt understand we were
fighting each other
L: I felt the same way. Im really relieved that the war has ended
A: Back then, I really missed you. I prayed every day to meet you again
L: We missed you too.