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Words Whispered to a Child Under Siege No, we are not going to die. The sounds you hear knocking the windows and chipping the paint from the ceiling, that is a game the world is playing. Our task is to crouch in the dark as long as we can and count the beats of our own hearts. Good. Like that. Lay your hand on my heart and I'll lay mine on yours. Which one of us wins is the one who loves the game the most while it lasts. Yes, it is going to last. You can use your ear instead of your hand. Here, on my heart. Why is it beating faster? For you. That's all. I always wanted you to be born and so did the world. No, those aren't a stranger's bootsteps in the house. Yes, I'm here. We're safe. Remember chess? Remember hide-and-seek? The song your mother sang? Let's sing that one. She's still with us, yes. But you have to sing without making a sound. She'd like that. No, those aren't bootsteps. Sing. Sing louder. Those aren't bootsteps. Let me show you how I cried when you were born. Those aren't bootsteps. Those aren't sirens. Those aren't flames. Close your eyes. Like chess. Like hide-and-seek. When the game is done you get another life.