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The meeting between the two brothers was quite quick: Zamagni gave them only ten minutes, saying that they were to take Luigi away right away. Then, Mario could only see him in the allowed times to visit the inmates.
“I’m sorry”, he said, talking to both of them, “Maybe he will muddle through it”
When Zamagni and Rugantini went away, Mario hugged his younger brother and started talking.
“I’m speechless, I don’t know what to say about what happened.”
Luigi looked him in the eyes, with a broken look.
“Didn’t you recognize him? I mean Giovanni”
“No. It’s like the trauma after the accident and the medically inducted coma cancelled my memory, or some of it.”
Ended that sentence, Luigi started crying, grabbing his brother looking for solace.
“You’ll see everything will be solved
