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Esperance, a young Tutsi woman who has survived the genocide, is weeping at her mother’s grave. Ten years ago, the men who caused so much pain to her and her family were put in prison for their war crimes. Now, it has been announced that the men are being released and will return to their villages soon. As Esperance looks for strength from her ancestors, Vincent, the protector, comes to help her. Vincent’s father was one of the men who gave Esperance her scars. Although the two have a fondness
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VINCENT: Is this where your family is buried?
ESPERANCE: No, just my mother. I don’t know where the rest are buried. Some say the mass grave up the hill. Some say the mass grave down the hill. I do not know. (Begins to lift herself off the ground)
VINCENT: Do you need any help up?
ESPERANCE: No, I can do it on my own. (With one arm, she has trouble getting herself up)
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VINCENT: I’m scared.
ESPERANCE: But you are Vincent the Invincible, are you not?
Citation: Katori Hall, Children of Killers, Dramatist Play Service, 2011, pp. 28-30.
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