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Quote #10
As it was we said no more—not that night at any rate, although subsequently we had more discussions than I can recount—accepting only that we were to go and that our children and grandchild were to stay. (23.94)
This is a major change in roles of the family – the parents can no longer take care of the children, but the children cannot yet take care of the parents. There’s pain in the separation, but it’s also painful to think of how much Nathan and Ruku sacrificed for their children, only to come to this point. The land they’ve worked so hard for, in the end, is a thing they have to leave.