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"I’m here to help you, Oupa. To move you to the city. There’s nothing left here but the heat."

Pieter looked at his hands, clean and soft. He picked up a handful of Karoo red earth and let it sift through his fingers. It stained his skin. athol fugard

Hennie didn't stand. He just pointed to the dirt at the boy's feet. "You’ve forgotten how to walk on this earth, Pieter. You’re stepping too light. The wind will blow you away." "I’m here to help you, Oupa

The dust in the Karoo didn't just settle; it claimed things. It claimed the rusted skeletons of abandoned Fords, the cracked stoeps of forgotten houses, and, if you sat still long enough, it claimed you. "I’m here to help you