I once asked Zahariev why he hadn’t rebuilt. He had enough money. He could give everyone here a nicer place to live. If I gave them a new area, it would no longer be theirs. At first, I didn’t understand what he meant, but it didn’t take long to learn. A week in Nineveh, and I had watched those who had take from those who had less and those who had less take from those who had nothing. I shouldn’t have been surprised. The foundation of Hiram’s wealth had begun in Nineveh with the canal, the desert, the mines. I just never expected to see the same abuse on a micro level, but sometimes people
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