Nadia and Saeed react differently to living in the mansion with the other refugees. For Nadia, the experience is somewhat rewarding, and she takes pleasure in the idea that a community might form amongst the migrants. Saeed, though, finds it more difficult to integrate into the various groups. In Mykonos, he always preferred to stay on the outskirts of the camp, but in the mansion this isn’t an option. Plus, he feels guilty about occupying a space he doesn’t own. When other refugees begin taking things from
the house that are valuable, he objects. In turn, Nadia chastises him, telling him that his position is
“absurd” and that it’s dangerous for him to take such a stance.
She tells him not to bean idiot, and this shocks him.
Nonetheless, he abides by her advice, though he wonders if
“this new way of speaking to one another has become normal.
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