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Sarai knew to always stay within Baba’s sights when he worked.
Once, when she was little, she’d tried to play with him while he ignored her, kept busy shoveling the filth left behind by people and their horses and donkeys. “Hide and seek,” Sarai had explained, shaking, after he’d found her.
Moments after she hid, he’d dropped his shovel and began screaming her name, running around the street. Even when she’d popped out again, it had taken a few minutes for Baba to release her from his arms, look her in the eyes, and make her swear to never play that game again.
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In greco-roman times, a young girl and her father tried to survive in a world that seems to be against them. Sarai thinks that her father can handle anything, watching from the sidelines as he saves them again and again, telling her stories about the past and Mama, and the future when there will be Away.
The older Sarai gets, the smaller Baba becomes, and the further Away seems.