【】sohrabandthatshoe,ik.hat”</p>
sohrab,theohebruise.</p>
iflippedtothepageihadbentiaxiselfanddisveredthatihaddees.i,thoughitbeatalerepleteeaboutthatonarosefroisuother,tahheprinengan,aoknoheidentityofhisfather.iclosed</p>
thebook.“doyouetogoontherearebattlesingup,reersohrableadinghisartotheecastleiniranshouldireadon”</p>
heshookhisheadsloorrow.howdoyoufeel”</p>
sohrabsuthopenedandahoarsesoundcaout.dr.ofthebreathingtubetheyhadslidthroughhisvocalrds.helickedhislipsandtriedagain.“tired.”</p>
“iknohatobeexpected”hewasshakinghishead.</p>
“,sohrab”</p>
hehathuskyvoice,barelyaboveahing.”</p>
isighedandsluedinefroheothersideofitarblesullahbeltedouttheeveningazanandalirdoirunkofbabas.</p>
hegaveaslohing,”herepeated.</p>
“e.”</p>
“iyoldlifeback,”hebreathed.</p>
“oh,sohrab.”</p>
“ikhansahibinthegarden.iacrosshiseyes.“iyoldlifeback.”</p>