“My brother,” Nen says, smiling. “The youngest. I have four more.” “You have five brothers?” “Yup, all younger than me. We’re a big clan.” Always intrigued by large families, Zaleekhah can’t help asking, “What was that like growing up?” “Depends which stage of growing up we’re talking about. It was pretty terrible when I was little—the boys were loud, always quarreling. And it was worse when we were teenagers. Dirty socks everywhere…Yet, somewhere along the way, it became an amazing blessing. How about you?” “Oh, I’m an only child.” “And what was that like growing up?” “A bit lonely,” says
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