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emily
is on page 39 of 172
‘—whispering to each other—cooking up their own versions of what had happened—palm trees—a starfruit tree—By the roadside a majestic flame tree—The scene forever burned into her retinas—unexpunged for decades—& still standing there was Margio, his face a mask of gore—For a moment they exchanged a glance at the strangest threshold of conscience, in a state where both comprehended the hideousness of what had happened.’
— Jun 16, 2026 11:32AM
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emily
is on page 69 of 172
‘—stories passed between successive storytellers across—generations. As the ylang-ylang rapidly blossomed—so did the champak—In her whole life, Ma Rabiah had never evicted a soul. The settlers came & went as they pleased—never even collected rent—Many years before—the area was nothing but a jungle of shrubs—plots of land had no owners at all—rice fields—coconut plantations. This lasted until people began to arrive—’
— Jun 19, 2026 04:38AM
emily
is on page 8 of 172
‘ A scent of brine wafted through the coconut palms—cacao plantation—leaves were of use only to the tempeh factories—Not long after the plantation was declared bankrupt, people had arrived to put up boundary stakes, clear away the water hyacinths and vast tangles of kangkong—Rice required too much &—peanuts—were more resilient—less trouble—people were no longer bound to the soil—They had no interest in a dead hog.’
— Jun 13, 2026 03:43PM
