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Emperor of the Air: Stories
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“Do you give?"
"What?"
"Do you give?"
"You mean, will I go back to school?"
"That's what I mean."
"Look," Myron said, "you're crazy."
"Give me your answer."
Myron thought about this. While his father leaned down over him, pressed into him with his knees and elbows, breathed steam into his face, he thought about it. As he lay there he thought about other things too: This is my father, he thought. Then: This is my life. For a while, as the cold water spread through his clothes, he lay there and remembered things--the thousands and thousands of layups, the smell of a cadaver, the footrace on a bright afternoon in April. Then he thought: What can you do? These are clouds above us, and below is there is ice and the earth. He said, "I give.”
― Emperor of the Air: Stories
"What?"
"Do you give?"
"You mean, will I go back to school?"
"That's what I mean."
"Look," Myron said, "you're crazy."
"Give me your answer."
Myron thought about this. While his father leaned down over him, pressed into him with his knees and elbows, breathed steam into his face, he thought about it. As he lay there he thought about other things too: This is my father, he thought. Then: This is my life. For a while, as the cold water spread through his clothes, he lay there and remembered things--the thousands and thousands of layups, the smell of a cadaver, the footrace on a bright afternoon in April. Then he thought: What can you do? These are clouds above us, and below is there is ice and the earth. He said, "I give.”
― Emperor of the Air: Stories
