Tutu saw the Vulture hop down from his camel and raise his spear in both hands like he was preparing to plant a flag. Tutu saw the man’s fear. He saw his bravery too. He saw his sense of humor and his love of raising rabbits and his violent temper and how tired he was in the mornings and how restless he was at night. Saw his confusion over the order to kill another child in the desert. Saw his regret at killing innocent women, even ones who had attacked him. Saw his justifications for all those atrocities, his acceptance of the lies he’d been told and the lies he’d told himself. Lies and lies
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