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put his forehead to yours, you touch, say, "It 's a border."
face to face: the border, my joke sorry, we smile.
tries again with his nose, the nose touch, a tenderness for animal shelter:
"And this is a nasiera," I say to be affected in case a second smile, is not there. Then you put the
and I rest my hand on the back of a breath.
"And this is a way", I say.
"to leave?" I ask. "Yes, well."

Adapted from "The Host Advanced Member Erri De Luca, ed. Giulio Einaudi Editore, 2008.