Language was almost impossible in those days as we know it now and then. When you tell me about your operation I hear you, but I don’t hear you. Wind gathers behind a barn: torches are lit, men whisper. One wears a hat and is very serious about the war in his bedroom. “Does it seem like I am sleeping all the time?” Ask me another question. Look, Ma, I found something beautiful today out in the forest, it’s still alive…