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Hi.’

‘Hi.’

‘I’m Ethan.’

‘Nicholas. I um, I saw you, I mean I remember you . . . the day they cut our hair.’

‘Hardly a haircut!’

‘No shit. How’s your back?’

‘OK. Was a little stiff, that’s all.’

‘It looked terrible. Shit, those bastards. Fuck, I hate them.’

‘Where are you from?’

‘Stellenbosch. You?’

‘Cape Town. Clifton, actually.’

‘Clifton? That’s nice. Do you live near the beach?’

‘Bungalow on Third Beach.’

‘It’s terrible here. I feel so trapped. Bungalow, wow what an amazing place to stay.’

‘I can’t believe what’s happening to us.’

‘Did you ever think it would be this bad?’

‘No way, man, I would have skipped the country.’

‘I had no idea we would be treated like this.’

‘We must get to Oudtshoorn. We must get out of here.’

‘Yes, but they say it’s even worse there. Much worse!’

‘At least it’s close to Cape Town.’