"Because my family wanted to send me to prison for my life."
"You mean the government wants to send you to jail?"
"No. That is the least of your concerns, woman," he sneered angrily. "But, the thing that matters most to me is revenge! The ones that killed my wife and child were people from the government of this country. They killed her because she was born here and the child was a boy. That's their reason for wanting my daughter dead. But she was also born here. She's from somewhere else in the human kingdom. If they were sent to prison by the government, it means they were punished for murdering the innocent."
The man's speech caused the whole scene to seem unreal and bizarre. Even though my mind was completely numb, I suddenly found some clarity of thought amidst the chaos.
"Wait a
