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0:12The wind is already hot. The city
0:14construction sites will be exhausting
0:16today. Make sure to lock the Bria Grand
0:17Granary reserves tightly. I sorted the
0:19harvests last night. We have exactly
0:22what we need to get through the next 6
0:24months without any worries.
0:26Don't worry, Fano, go with a peaceful
0:28heart. May your workday be light.
0:32Hello, house. Excuse me for bothering
0:34you, Bria. My husband has been sick
0:36since last night. He cannot go to the
0:38fields. I don't even have a handful of
0:40millet to make him porridge this
0:42morning. The whole village knows your
0:44kind heart. Couldn't you help me?
0:46Hello, mother. Sickness is a difficult
0:49trial. Bria, give her a measure from
0:51the small bag left in the kitchen, the
0:53one we kept for this week's emergencies
0:55.
0:55A measure? Méfano, it is for a sick
0:57person. That is not enough. Wait mother
0:59, I will bring you half a sack from the
1:01granary. That way, you will have enough
1:03to last the whole week and make him a
1:05good sauce. Oh thank you, my daughter.
1:07Bria, half a sack is almost our own
1:10household's ration for the next two
1:12weeks. The harvest was good, but it is
1:15not infinite.
1:17How can you calculate in front of a
1:18woman whose husband is bedridden, Fano?
1:20What will the village think of me if I
1:22only give her a small measure like a
1:24miser? People call me the open hand of
1:27the neighborhood. I cannot close that
1:29hand when someone is crying at my door.
1:31May God bless you a thousand times,
1:32Bria. You are truly the angel of this
1:33village. No one has a heart like yours.
1:35Your husband is very lucky.
1:37It is normal, mother. It is a good
1:39neighbor's duty. Wait for me there, I
1:41will go get that for you. The white
1:58moon that watches, a whisper, a gentle
2:07piece of advice, the stars are dancing,
2:16she wonders in awe. My heart wanders as
2:24you awaken. Mystic love, secret love, a
2:32glimmer of shadow in the fringe. You
2:39call me, I follow you into the mist of
2:44infinity.
2:47Have you seen him, Écho? Fano's
2:48bicycle leans a little more each day.
2:51That boy breaks his back on city
2:53construction sites to fill his home's
2:54granaries. He fills the granaries, yes.
2:57But it is his wife who leaves the door
2:58wide open. Fano is pouring water into a
3:00cracked jar. His sweat flows to feed
3:02the whole village, except for his own
3:04family.
3:04Bria is a very kind woman. I have never
3:07heard her raise her voice.
3:09Kindness without intelligence, Jalis,
3:10is the beginning of weakness. Bria
3:13doesn't give because she understands
3:14the meaning of sharing. She gives
3:16because she is terrified of people
3:17speaking ill of her. She buys her image
3:20as a perfect wife with her husband's
3:22exhaustion. People love those who give
3:25without counting.
3:26People love honey, yes, but when the
3:28jar is empty, they don't hesitate to
3:30crush the bee. Fano is too soft with
3:32her. He will soon have to choose
3:33between his wife's reputation and his
3:35home's survival.
3:45I'm not staying long. I have Hobo's
3:47meal to prepare before he returns from
3:48the market. I crossed paths with your
3:50husband on the road earlier. He seemed
3:52upset. Is everything okay between you
3:53two? Oh, you know Fano? He counts every
3:56grain of rice. This morning, I gave
3:58half a sack to the old blacksmith's
3:59wife who is sick and he thought it was
4:01too much. He is afraid of running out.
4:04Half a sack. Bria, that's huge. You
4:08told me yesterday that Fano had
4:09calculated your reserves precisely to
4:11avoid going into debt this year. But I
4:12couldn't refuse Cora, she was almost
4:15crying. If I give her a small amount,
4:17she'll tell everyone that I've changed,
4:19that I've become stingy since Fano's
4:21harvest was good. I want my door to
4:24remain one of generosity. Generosity
4:27begins with respecting the one who
4:29brings home the food. Oba and I help
4:31many people. But when our own pot isn't
4:33full, the door is closed. Bria, you
4:36must never destroy your own home to
4:38light up the street. It's easy for you
4:40to say that. Oba earns a good living at
4:42the big market. And besides, aren't you
4:45afraid that people will call you hard?
4:47I am not hard. I am just responsible.
4:49The village's praises won't feed you if
4:51Fano falls ill from fatigue. Open your
4:53eyes. Half the people who come crying
4:55at your gate have family in town who
4:57can help them. They come to your house
4:59because they know you don't know how to
5:00say no. That's not true. They come
5:02because they know I have a good heart.
5:05I do this to attract grace to my family
5:07. Fano will eventually understand.
5:32Sunrise slow on the village dust feet
5:38dance on the earth that's just by
5:44whispers in the air Fresh water feels
5:58good after the asphalt.
6:00Fano, the meal was delicious but the
6:03portion was a bit small.
6:05That's true, but it was really
6:07delicious. I had to make a smaller meal
6:10tonight. Luky’s brother stopped by
6:13this afternoon. He was looking for oil
6:15and tomato paste for a baptism. I gave
6:19him a large part of our weekly supplies
6:21.
6:22Luky’s brother. Luky himself is one
6:24of the most successful men in this
6:26village. His wife has three chests full
6:29in her room. Why didn’t he go see his
6:31own brother?
6:31He said that Pili refused to lend him
6:33anything. I couldn’t let him leave
6:35empty-handed while his sister-in-law
6:37turned him away. sign. It would have
6:39been cruel of me
6:40and is it normal for me to come home
6:42broken from the construction sites to
6:43find a smaller meal? Bria, I am not
6:45asking you to be stingy like Pili. I am
6:47asking you to protect our home. Your
6:50desire to be the perfect woman in the
6:51eyes of others is eating away at our
6:53own roof.
6:53You resent me for being a good person.
6:56You want me to be like Pili, bitter and
6:58hated by everyone.
6:59There is a balance, Bria. There is a
7:02balance between being Pili and being
7:03you. Obo and Cora have found that
7:05balance. Tomorrow, look at how they
7:07live. Look at how Luky and Pili live.
7:09And look at what you are making of us.
7:11But the fatigue in my back is starting
7:14to weigh heavier than your good deeds.
7:38H under the moon guided by the wind
8:02wall to wall an ancient song a voice so
8:06pure The drums resonate beating the
8:09night.
8:13Fano, you look like you carried all the
8:15dust of the city’s construction sites
8:16on your shoulders today.
8:18It’s true, the day was rough. The sun
8:21is unforgiving right now. I see you are
8:24preparing your supplies.
8:25Yes, brought back a few bags from the
8:27big market. I am setting aside what our
8:30house needs for the week. The small
8:33gourd is for the old widow in the
8:35southern district. She has no one left
8:38to help her.
8:39That is good, that is very well
8:40calculated. If only my own house
8:42operated with that same wisdom, Bria
8:44would have taken the large one for the
8:45widow and left us the small basket.
8:47Your wife has a heart of gold, Fano.
8:49Everyone knows it. But a heart of gold
8:51weighs heavy and eventually sinks if
8:53you don’t know how to swim. You have
8:55to talk to her.
8:56I talk to her a lot. I talk to her
8:58every day. But she is terrified of what
9:01others think. She believes that if she
9:03refuses to give, even when we have
9:05almost nothing left, people will call
9:07her a bad woman. It is difficult for
9:09her.
9:09Bria confuses generosity with pointless
9:11sacrifice. Fano, when I bring this
9:14little basket to the widow, my heart is
9:17light because I know my own children's
9:19bellies are full. I don't expect the
9:21widow to sing my praises throughout the
9:23village. I help according to my means.
9:25Bria gives to buy people's love. And
9:28that kind of love is very expensive.
9:29There are people here who have realized
9:31they no longer need to work as long as
9:33your gate stays wide open. Helping
9:37someone once is noble, but getting them
9:39used to eating your grain every morning
9:41prevents them from learning to farm.
9:44You have a duty to protect your wife
9:46from herself.
9:47I know, but it’s hard to be angry
9:49with someone who does harm out of pure
9:51kindness. I’m going to try to talk to
9:54her again tonight. You should have seen
9:57your own brother's face yesterday, Luky
9:58. He came to ask if I could lend him
10:02some oil and flour for a baptism. I
10:05looked him straight in the eye and told
10:07him life was hard for everyone and our
10:10cupboards were completely empty. You
10:24did the right thing. My brother doesn't
10:26know how to manage his money. If we
10:27start lending to family, the whole rest
10:29of the village will show up here as if
10:31we’re a bank. The money I make from
10:34my business is for us. It’s for our
10:37peace of mind.
10:37Exactly. I shut the gate right in her
10:40face. Do you know where she went next?
10:42Bria, of course, and I’d bet my life
10:44that fool gave her half her supplies.
10:47Bria is the village idiot. She spends
10:50her time emptying her husband's pockets
10:52to feed people who mock her behind her
10:54back. Fano breaks his back on
10:56construction sites while she hands out
10:58the fruits of his labor just to be
10:59called the "kind lady."
11:01Let her do it. While she buys her fake
11:03popularity. I am securing our future.
11:07Last week, I saw her give her own meal
11:09to a passing beggar. She looked at me
11:11with a little smile of pride. She
11:13thinks she’s superior because she
11:14gives everything away. But when
11:16Fano’s granaries are empty, we’ll
11:17see if her precious friends come to
11:19feed her.
11:19No one will come. The day Bria has
11:22nothing left to give, she’ll become
11:24invisible again. That's the rule of
11:26life. Every man for himself. Just make
11:30sure our gate stays firmly closed when
11:31she starts crying.
11:43We need to have a serious talk. I
11:46checked our accounts tonight. The large
11:48sack of rice I brought home two weeks
11:50ago is already half empty, and there
11:51are only two of us.
11:52I explained it to you. I had to give
11:55some to the old tailor, and the family
11:57next door had unexpected guests. I
11:59couldn't just pretend I didn't see
12:00anything.
12:01Bria, listen to me. Open your eyes. Do
12:04you know Luky and Pili?
12:05Of course. Pili is the stingiest woman
12:08on the face of the earth. She even
12:09refuses to give a glass of fresh water
12:11to a traveler. The whole village hates
12:13her.
12:14The village hates her, yes. But the
12:16village doesn't eat off her plate.
12:18Pili's children go to sleep every night
12:20with full bellies. Her chests are full.
12:23I'm not telling you to become mean or
12:25selfish like her, but look at Cora.
12:27What? Cora?
12:29Cora and Obo help others, but they do
12:31it intelligently. They manage their own
12:33house first, they close their doors
12:34when necessary, and no one hates them
12:36for it.
12:36Cora doesn't have my reputation, Fano.
12:39They say I am the light of this
12:40neighborhood. If I start closing my
12:42door, people will whisper, they'll say
12:44money has changed me or that I've
12:45become a witch like Pili. I'd rather
12:48have an empty stomach than hear people
12:49speak ill of me.
12:50You're more afraid of wagging tongues
12:51than of hunger. It's an illness, Bria.
12:54Your generosity is no longer kindness;
12:56it's pride. You have such a need to be
12:57loved that you're ready to sacrifice
12:59the stability of your own home. The
13:00people who come crying to you don't
13:02love you, Bria. They love what you give
13:04them.
13:04Don't say that. They are our neighbors,
13:07our brothers. If we have a problem
13:09tomorrow, they will be the first to
13:10lend us a hand. That's what solidarity
13:12is.
13:12Solidarity doesn't work only one way.
13:14Those who get used to taking no longer
13:16know how to give. If you continue to
13:18draw from our reserves like this,
13:20famine will settle in this house before
13:21the rainy season. And that day, you
13:23will understand that your image as a
13:25perfect woman isn't edible.
13:26You lack faith, Fano. God will return
13:29it to us a hundredfold. I will not
13:31close my door. I refuse to be a bad
13:34person. The husband tries to fix the
13:49roof, but the wife breaks the bricks to
13:51give them to passersby.
13:52It is the tragedy of pride disguised as
13:54kindness. She won't wake up until the
13:57rain starts falling directly onto her
13:58own bed. And on that day, the water
14:00will be very cold. Fano, before you
14:03leave for the city, I have a favor to
14:05ask of you.
14:06Look around you, Bria. The large
14:09granary is empty. The reserve bags for
14:11the dry season are finished. We are
14:13barely halfway through the year. What
14:16favor can you still ask of me in a
14:17house where there is almost nothing
14:19left?
14:19That is exactly why. The carpenter's
14:22little sister stopped by very early
14:23this morning. Her child has a fever,
14:25she needs to take him to the clinic,
14:27but she doesn't have the money for the
14:28consultation. I didn't have any
14:30supplies left to give her so she could
14:32resell them.
14:32And so, you told her you couldn't help
14:34because your own house is going through
14:36a tough time.
14:37I told her to wait. Fano, you received
14:39your weekly pay last night. It's just a
14:41small sum she's asking for. I know it's
14:42money for our own expenses, but it's
14:44for a child's health. I can't look her
14:46in the eyes and tell her no when I know
14:47you have your pay envelope in your bag.
14:49My pay envelope, Bria, is what is
14:51supposed to feed us now that you’ve
14:52handed out my entire harvest to the
14:54whole village. You want me to give
14:56money from my broken back to fix the
14:57carpenter's problems? The carpenter
15:00works too. Why is it up to us to pay
15:02for his nephew?
15:03Because she turned to me. She trusts me
15:07. If I send her away empty-handed,
15:09everyone will know that Bria closed her
15:11door to a sick child. Fano, please,
15:13just this once for the love you have
15:16for me.
15:17You are using my love to feed your
15:18pride. Take this bill, take it. But
15:21listen to me closely, Bria, you are
15:23draining my strength. A man can work
15:25hard during the day, but if he comes
15:26home at night to a house that is
15:27emptying out the window, he eventually
15:29loses the courage to get up the next
15:30day.
15:30Thank you, Fano. God will reward you
15:33for your kind heart, I promise you.
15:46Fano left by bike this morning with his
15:48back more hunched than usual. And there
15:50goes his wife, handing out the fresh
15:52weekly money to the carpenter's family.
15:54That is the tragedy of someone who
15:55hasn't sweated to earn the money. Jalie
15:58Bria gives easily because she doesn't
15:59know the pain of the work site. She
16:01gives her husband's blood while
16:02thinking she is giving water.
16:03It's a sickness of the mind. She has
16:05become a prisoner of others 'opinions.
16:07If someone doesn't thank her at least
16:09once a day, she feels like she no
16:11longer exists.
16:11The illusion will soon shatter. I saw
16:13the state of their yard this morning.
16:15No more smoke comes from their kitchen
16:16in the afternoon. Bria's generosity has
16:18ended up inviting ruin into her own
16:20home. Soon, she will have nothing left
16:22to give. We'll see then if her kindness
16:24survives her empty pockets.
16:41Hello Bria, what can I do for the most
16:42generous woman in the neighborhood
16:44today? What do you need? Sugar, tea?
16:46Hello Jomo. Actually, I need a 55-pound
16:50bag of rice, two bottles of oil, and a
16:52large jar of tomato paste.
16:54That's a big order. Are you preparing a
16:58ceremony at Fano's?
16:59No, it's not for us, it's for the
17:01former watchman's family. He lost his
17:04job, and his wife has nothing left to
17:06put on the table. They came to see me
17:09this morning. I have to help them, Jomo
17:11. They only have me.
17:12That is very noble of you.
17:15Jomo, I don't have the money on me
17:16today. Fano hasn't received his
17:19end-of-month bonus yet. I would like
17:21you to put it on credit. Put it all
17:24under Fano's name and we'll pay you
17:26back by the end of next week.
17:28Credit. Bria, you know Fano's rules as
17:31well as I do. Since I've owned this
17:33shop, your husband has never taken a
17:35single lump of sugar on credit. He
17:37hates debt. He always says a man should
17:39only eat what he can pay for that same
17:41day.
17:41I know, I know. But this is an
17:44emergency. You know me, Jomo, I'm a
17:46trustworthy person. Fano, I give you my
17:49word. It's for a good cause. You
17:52wouldn't block a good deed over a small
17:53detail like money.
17:54It's not a detail to me, it's my
17:56business. And taking on debt to feed
17:59another family is a very dangerous path
18:01. I will give you the goods because I
18:04have immense respect for Fano, but I'll
18:07mark the debt in red ink.
18:08Thank you Jomo, you are saving me and
18:11this poor family. I'll handle Fano.
18:14Don't worry about it. You're home early
18:19today. The water is ready in the shower
18:21. I'm going to...
18:23I ran into Jomo on the way home.
18:26Ah! He stopped me in front of everyone
18:30to tell me he was granting me
18:31exceptional credit for the big bag of
18:33rice and the oil. Me, Fano, stopped in
18:36the street for a shopkeeper's debt. A
18:40debt I never even contracted.
18:43I can explain, Fano. The old watchman
18:46came to me crying.
18:47I don't care about the old watchman. I
18:50don't care about his tears. I have
18:53worked my whole life to keep my honor
18:55clean. I have plowed. I have carried
18:58bricks, I have swallowed dust so that
19:00my name would never appear in a
19:01shopkeeper's debt book. And you, you go
19:04and tarnish my name to feed the family
19:06of a man who has nothing to do with us.
19:10You have no heart, Fano, you've become
19:12hard; they were hungry.
19:15And us? Did you look at our own kitchen
19:18today? Do you think the love I have for
19:21you is a bottomless pit? I accepted
19:24that you emptied my granaries. I
19:29accepted that you gave away my weekly
19:31wage. I swallowed my fatigue. But to go
19:34and get me into debt, to put the
19:35security of our own roof in the hands
19:37of a creditor to satisfy your obsession
19:38with being the village's perfect wife,
19:40that's the red line, Bria, you crossed
19:42it.
19:43I did it for the good. I did it to
19:46bring blessings upon us. I thought you
19:50would understand the urgency.
19:51There is no blessing in
19:52irresponsibility. You aren't giving,
19:54Bria, you are stealing your husband's
19:56peace to buy smiles from the street.
19:58You put our home in danger today.
20:00I am sorry, Fano. I will fix this. The
20:03people I helped will not forget me.
20:05They will help me in return. You will
20:07see. We will never be in need.
20:09You are living in a child's dream. I
20:11paid Jomo with the money we had left
20:12for the week. Our coffers are
20:14officially empty, Bria. Totally empty.
20:17Now, go ask those you fed to return the
20:19favor. We’ll see what your famous
20:21reputation is really made of. Yeah.
20:53Drums like thunder on fire keep dancing
20:58lifors
21:16Hot coffee wakes up the body. It is
21:18enough to start the day. I'm leaving
21:20for the site, Bria.
21:21Fano is waiting. You cannot go to work
21:24on an empty stomach. It is heavy labor.
21:26You will faint under the sun. Let me go
21:28out this morning. I am going to see the
21:29people in the neighborhood. To do what?
21:32To beg for what belonged to me just a
21:33few weeks ago?
21:34It is not begging. I have helped almost
21:37every family on this side of the
21:38village. I gave without ever asking for
21:40anything in return. We're going through
21:42a rough patch, it's normal to reach out
21:44for solidarity. They will understand.
21:46They will even be happy to be able to
21:47help me in turn. Bria, a man's dignity
21:50is lost faster than it is gained. I'd
21:54rather fast all day on the scaffolding
21:56than know my wife is going door-to-door
21:59begging for food.
22:00Trust me, Fano. I'm just going to see
22:02the carpenter's little sister, the one
22:04I helped last week, and I'll stop by
22:06Nafi's. I helped her with her oil
22:08supplies for months. They won't let me
22:10down. I will prepare a good meal for
22:13your return, I promise you.
22:14I'm not forbidding you, but prepare
22:16your heart, Bria. Those who enjoy the
22:19shade of a tree are rarely those who
22:20come to water it when the earth dries.
22:38Hello, sister. I hope the child is
22:40doing better since last week.
22:42Hello, Bria. Yes, he took his medicine,
22:45the fever has gone down. I'm a bit in a
22:46rush this morning. I need to clean the
22:48yard before the sun gets too hot. I
22:50won't keep you. Actually, I stopped by
22:52because Fano and I are going through a
22:53very difficult situation this week. The
22:55construction site is behind schedule.
22:56We have no reserves left at home. I was
22:58wondering if you could lend me a few
22:59measures of millet or rice. Just enough
23:01to hold us over until the weekend. I
23:02will pay you back, I promise.
23:03Ah, that's a real shame, Bria. Life is
23:06hard for everyone right now. You know,
23:08my brother hasn't had any big furniture
23:10orders recently. We are counting every
23:12grain too, even just a little oil. I
23:14really have nothing to prepare my
23:16husband's meal tonight. Last week, the
23:18money I gave you was Fano's entire
23:20paycheck. I thanked you a lot for that,
23:23Bria, and I haven't forgotten, but the
23:25money went to the clinic. You must know
23:27that if I had anything, I would have
23:28given it to you, but it's impossible
23:29right now. I really have to go. My
23:31husband will be angry if the meal isn't
23:33ready. We are one. Break the wall. The
24:02stars.
24:16You are so beautiful and neat. We do
24:19what we can. What brings the busiest
24:23woman in the neighborhood here at 7 in
24:24the morning? I was passing by to check
24:27on you. And to be very honest, I'm
24:29coming to ask you for a small favor.
24:31Fano has had some financial setbacks.
24:33Our pantry is empty. Since we’ve
24:35always helped each other, I wanted to
24:37see if you could spare some rice and
24:38vegetables for today. Spare? Bria, you
24:41surprise me. Fano works on the biggest
24:43construction sites in the city. You
24:44make much better money than we do.
24:49That’s true, he works hard. But
24:51we’ve had a lot of expenses lately.
24:53I’ve helped out a lot here and there.
24:55Today, it’s my turn. You’re stuck.
24:57Nafi, I provided your oil and sugar for
24:59almost 3 months last year when your
25:00husband wasn’t working. I’m not
25:02asking for much. That’s the past,
25:05Sabria. And you were the one who
25:07insisted on giving them to me because
25:08you had big surpluses. I don’t have
25:10any surpluses. My husband is very
25:12strict with spending right now. He
25:13counted the vegetables this morning. If
25:15I give you any, I’m the one who will
25:17have trouble with him tonight. I
25:20understand. Don't get yourself into
25:23trouble for me. Thanks for
25:26understanding. Are you leaving already?
25:31Yes, I have to head back. Alright. See
25:33you tomorrow. Who was at the door? I
25:41heard talking. It’s Bria, Fano’s
25:44wife. She came begging. She asked me
25:47for rice and vegetables to cook tonight
25:49.
25:49Bria?
25:50But her husband makes a very good
25:52living. Why is she coming to cry at our
25:53door?
25:53Because she’s a big lazybones.
25:55That’s why. She spends her days
25:57parading around the village, playing
25:58the generous lady so people will
26:00applaud her. She doesn’t even know
26:02how to run a home. She must have wasted
26:03all her husband's money on nonsense.
26:05And now, she wants to live off our
26:07backs.
26:07I hope you didn't give her anything. Do
26:11you take me for a fool? I told her you
26:13had counted the vegetables. Fano breaks
26:15his back under the sun and his wife
26:17goes around begging for food from
26:18others instead of fending for herself.
26:21She’s a real leech. If she thinks
26:23I’m going to empty my pot to feed a
26:24moocher who can’t manage her own home
26:26, she’s dreaming. She should go get a
26:28job instead of acting so high and
26:29mighty. Look closely, the light just
26:41went out. Bria is walking, but it looks
26:44like her mind is still stuck on the
26:46other side of the village.
26:47The mirror has just shattered. She
26:50finally saw her own reflection in the
26:51eyes of those she thought were her
26:52friends. That’s the worst kind of
26:55pain, J. To discover that the love we
26:57thought we were buying was just a lie
26:59to empty our pockets.
27:01Fano will find her in pieces tonight.
27:03If he isn't strong, this betrayal will
27:05change Bria. She risks becoming harder
27:08and more bitter than Pili herself.
27:11Disappointment is a poison that dries
27:12up the heart. That is where Fanno’s
27:14role truly begins. He must not let her
27:17drown in her bitterness. If he abandons
27:20her to her own shame, his house is lost
27:22.
27:28The house is very quiet tonight. You
27:30are sitting in the dark, Bria. Even the
27:32yard lamp is off.
27:33There is nothing left to light, Fano.
27:35There is nothing left in this house and
27:37nothing left in my heart. You were
27:39right from the start. You were right
27:41about everything.
27:42Do not cry. The end of an evening has
27:44never killed a healthy adult. I told
27:46you to prepare your heart before
27:47walking through the gate of those you
27:48thought were beholden to us. Did they
27:49shut the door on you?
27:50They didn't just shut the door; they
27:52stripped me of my dignity. I went to
27:55see the carpenter’s sister. She told
27:57me she had nothing, with a shifty look,
27:59while the smell of her pot filled her
28:01yard. And then, I went to Nafi’s
28:03place.
28:04Nafie, the woman to whom you provided
28:08oil and rice throughout the rainy
28:10season last year. I heard what she was
28:12saying to her husband in the room, Fano
28:13. I heard everything. She called me
28:15lazy. She said I was a parasite, a
28:17leech who wasted your money to parade
28:19through the village and that I was
28:20incapable of managing my own home. Me,
28:23Fano, she called me a leech.
28:25Those are very harsh words, and they
28:27come from the mouths of those who ate
28:29at our table.
28:30I am so humiliated. I felt as if the
28:32earth were opening up beneath my feet.
28:34I walked here without even feeling my
28:36legs. I fed these people, Fano. I
28:38emptied myself for them. I made you
28:41angry. I went into debt at Jomo's for
28:43them, and when I needed a simple
28:45handful of rice, they spat in my face.
28:48I hate them. I hate them from the
28:51depths of my soul.
28:52Hatred is a poisoned drink. Bria, if
28:53you drink it, you are the one who will
28:55die, not them. Nafi simply revealed her
28:57true face. Your illusion has shattered.
28:59It is very painful, but it is a
29:00necessary healing.
29:01It is over, Fano. I swear to you before
29:02God that it is finished. Starting
29:04tomorrow, I am putting a chain on this
29:05gate. No one else will ever enter here.
29:06If they are hungry, let them eat sand.
29:08If anyone asks me for water, I will
29:09dump the basin on the ground in front
29:10of them. I am going to become worse
29:11than Pily. Pil was right. The world is
29:14evil, one must lock oneself away.
29:15Pil is not right. Pil is sick with
29:17greed. Just as you were sick with false
29:19generosity. Look at me, Bria. Do not
29:20let Nafi's ingratitude destroy your
29:22true nature. You are a good person. You
29:24were just a good person lost in the
29:25illusion of pleasing others. If you
29:27lock yourself in malice and cynicism
29:29today, then Nafie will have won. She
29:31will have destroyed the woman I love.
29:32But how do you expect me to look them
29:34in the face tomorrow? The whole
29:36neighborhood must already know that I
29:37begged and was chased away. I am so
29:40ashamed, Fano. I am ashamed of what I
29:43put you through and I am ashamed of my
29:45naivety.
29:46Shame is washed away with time and
29:48wisdom. Tomorrow is a new day. We will
29:52eat little this week, but we will eat
29:54together. Get up from this cold floor
29:57now. Darkness solves nothing.
30:09Did you see the chain on Fano and
30:11Bria's gate this morning? It’s the
30:14first time in years that this courtyard
30:16isn’t swarming with people before
30:17sunrise.
30:18The lesson was learned yesterday. Jalie
30:19, I saw Bria crossing the square with
30:22the face of a ghost. She went to ask
30:24for her supposed investments back and
30:26only found closed doors and mockery.
30:28The street has no memory of the rice
30:31eaten the day before. It is an ordeal
30:33created only for the eyes of others.
30:36The village is already whispering that
30:38Naffille chased her out yesterday.
30:40It’s a shame. Bria's generosity, even
30:43if clumsy, helped many families here.
30:46That is exactly what you don't
30:47understand, Jalie. Bria didn't help the
30:49village; she weakened it. By leaving
30:50her courtyard open to the wind, she
30:52encouraged the laziness of many
30:53families who stopped fighting because
30:54they only had to cry in front of her to
30:56eat. A society cannot stand on the
30:57shoulders of one single house that
30:59sacrifices itself.
30:59You are harsh this morning, Cho.
31:02I am realistic. A human being's first
31:05responsibility is their own home. If
31:07Fano's house collapses, an entire
31:09pillar of the village falls. If
31:11everyone takes care of strengthening
31:13their own roof first, the whole village
31:15will withstand the storm. Bria has just
31:18realized that she was destroying her
31:20roof to cover those who hadn't even
31:22bothered to build their own.
31:24Let's hope she recovers from it.
31:26Disappointment often leads to cruelty.
31:28I'm afraid she'll end up like Pilie,
31:30bitter and fierce with everyone.
31:32She's hungry. That man is a rock. He
31:35won't let her slip into the shadows. He
31:37let her get burned so she could learn,
31:39but he'll apply the ointment to help
31:40her heal.
31:56What are you doing with that basket in
31:58the bedroom, Bria?
31:59I'm going to hide it deep under the bed
32:01. If it stays on the kitchen table,
32:03someone could see it from the street
32:04through the gate slats. If they think
32:06we have nothing, nobody will come
32:08knocking.
32:19Bria, we don't need to hide in our own
32:22home. The gate is locked, that's enough
32:24. But you're acting like we're thieves
32:27with our own food.
32:28I just want to protect what's ours,
32:29Fano. Not a single grain will leave
32:32this yard anymore. I saw the neighbor
32:34pass by this morning; she slowed down
32:35in front of the house. I almost went
32:37out to tell her to move along.
32:39Breathe, Bria, you're wound up like a
32:41string ready to snap. You've gone from
32:44one extreme to the other. Three weeks
32:46ago, you invited everyone to empty our
32:48stores. Today, you're trembling with
32:50fear at the idea of someone seeing a
32:51small bag in your own room. Greed and
32:53paranoia won't bring you peace of mind.
32:56Peace of mind doesn't exist, Fano.
32:58Human beings are wicked. The moment you
32:59turn your back, they stab you. I just
33:01want us to be left alone, you and me.
33:03The rest of the village doesn't exist
33:04to me anymore.
33:05Human beings aren't fundamentally
33:06wicked. Human beings are often weak and
33:09opportunistic. It's up to you to set
33:11boundaries, but a heart that shuts
33:13itself away ends up rotting from within
33:15. I don't want to live with a woman
33:18consumed by distrust. Obo and Cora
33:22aren't afraid of people because they
33:23know how to say no without getting
33:25angry.
33:25I am not Cora. The humiliation Nafi put
33:28me through is still stuck in my throat.
33:30That's normal, the wound is still fresh
33:32. Take the time you need to rebuild
33:34yourself. Protect our home. I support
33:36you in doing that. But promise me you
33:38won't let bitterness harden your view
33:40of the world. We will find our balance
33:42again. I give you my word on it.
34:05Beneath the dancing moon.
34:09Breakfast is excellent this morning,
34:11Bria, the new bank construction is
34:13almost finished. I should get a nice
34:15bonus at the end of the month.
34:16That's a relief. This month was a real
34:19walk through the desert. Clear water
34:22has never tasted so good since it was
34:23all we had to drink.
34:24You were very brave. You didn't give in
34:28to bitterness. I know how hard it must
34:30have been for you to cross paths with
34:31Nafi and the others at the market
34:32without saying a word.
34:33At first, I wanted to scream at them,
34:35Fano. But Obo and Cora came to see me.
34:38They explained to me that the silence
34:40of pride is much louder than the shouts
34:41of anger. Nafi knows very well what she
34:44did. She lowers her eyes when she
34:46passes me now. That is the weight of
34:47her own shame. We don't need to carry
34:51the burden of other people's malice.
34:54Our house is repaired. Our crates are
34:56starting to fill up again. That is all
34:59that matters.
35:00You saved me, Fano. Without you, I
35:03would have become the cruelest person
35:05in this village. I truly thought that
35:08locking the door and rejecting the
35:10whole world was the only way to protect
35:12myself.
35:13True protection is balance. A house
35:16that is completely open ends up looted,
35:18and a house that is completely closed
35:20ends up suffocating those who live in
35:21it. You understood that you needed a
35:24door, and that it was up to you to
35:25decide when to open it. Huh. I'm not
35:53opening it. It's certainly someone else
35:56wanting to take advantage. The people
35:58in this village will never change. As
36:00soon as they sense a family is back on
36:02its feet, they come back like flies.
36:05I'm going to tell them to move along,
36:06whoever they are.
36:07Don't be so defensive before you look.
36:09Go and open it. Listen to what the
36:11person has to say.
36:12No, Fano, if I open it, they will draw
36:14me in. They’ll tell me a sad story.
36:16I’ll feel pity, and the cycle will
36:18start all over again. I prefer to leave
36:20the chain on.
36:21The chain was there to heal you, not to
36:22imprison you. Go open it Bria, I am
36:25here. Moonlight dancing Fragile and
36:59golden Stars whispering Forgotten
37:07secrets
37:09Bria, I'm sorry to bother you so early
37:11in the morning. I know you've had some
37:13trouble recently. I would never have
37:14dared to come if it wasn't an emergency
37:16. My husband had a work accident last
37:18week. We have nothing left, not even
37:20enough to make porridge for the little
37:21one. I asked Luky and Pilie, but they
37:23chased me away. Nafi said she doesn't
37:25lend anything. You are my last hope. I
37:27am sorry about your husband. Truly. But
37:30Bria's house is no longer a house for
37:32free supplies. My family has barely
37:34recovered from a major hardship. I
37:36cannot empty my kitchen. You need to
37:38ask your husband's family.
37:39Bri,
37:41I understand. It’s normal. Excuse me
37:44for the intrusion.
37:45Bri! Bria, listen to me. I did the math
37:49this morning with my bonus. The large
37:51sack of millet is full. We have enough
37:53oil for the month. The harvest covers
37:55our needs. If we give a little, very
37:58little, our house won't collapse.
38:00But Fano, I promised not to do it
38:02anymore. I promised not to put you in
38:04danger again.
38:05You put me in danger when you gave away
38:06everything for the village's applause.
38:09You put me in danger when you created
38:10the illusion of being a saint while we
38:12were starving. But today, you aren't
38:14looking for applause. This woman won't
38:17sing your praises. She just needs to
38:19feed her baby today. Balance means
38:21giving what we can lose without
38:23suffering for it. And today, we can
38:25give just a little bit.
38:27Are you sure? It's up to you, Bria. The
38:30key to the house is in your hands. Here
38:43, this is all I can give you today.
38:46It's not much, but it's given from the
38:48heart. Take care of the child and your
38:50husband, and don't come back tomorrow,
38:52because next week, we won't be able to
38:54do it again. We have to feed our own
38:56house, too. It’s more than enough,
38:58Bria. It's more than I hoped for. Thank
39:02you for not turning me away. May peace
39:05be upon your home, and yours as well.
39:15Every breath of wind, a broken prayer.
39:22Did you see that? Bria opened her gate.
39:26But the woman left with a tiny bag, not
39:29half of Fano's granary.
39:31The river has finally found its bed.
39:33Jalli, Bria is no longer the flood that
39:35destroys the fields under the pretense
39:36of watering them. She has become the
39:38small stream that nourishes without
39:40running dry.
39:40It’s a beautiful recovery. Fano knew
39:42how to restrain her before she became
39:44as dark and greedy as Pili and Luky.
39:46Avarice and excessive giving are two
39:48sides of the same disease of the soul.
39:50One refuses to see the world's misery,
39:52the other refuses to see their own ruin
39:53. A strong society, Jal, is not one
39:55where a single man strips himself bare
39:57to feed others. It is a society where
39:59every man first reinforces the walls of
40:00his own house so that when the storm
40:02comes, he can open a window and share
40:04the warmth of his fire. Bria has
40:06finally understood that to take care of
40:08the world, she first had to stop
40:09destroying her own family. Wisdom is a
40:11dusty road, my friend. But those who
40:15walk it to the very end always end up
40:17washing their feet in the clear water
40:19of peace.
40:20Look at Fano and Bria's courtyard. The
40:23fire crackles, and it will never burn
40:25their own roof again. The coffee smells
40:44so good today.
40:45Yes, it looks perfect. You say that
40:48every time.
40:49Because it’s always true.
40:50Flatterer.
40:51For you, always the dancing moon.
40:57Fragile and golden. The whispered stars
41:02. Forgotten secret. Every breath of the
41:11wind. M.

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