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Aaron Azar lives in a room that was rented to him, with pleasure, by a family who'd known his. Their house isn't elegant, but comfortable. It's in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city, so Aaron has an almost hour-long commute to (and back from) the courts.
He walks to work: can't afford a taxi. He's imposed on himself the discipline of forgoing public transportation. That's easy: he'd be miserable traveling while crushed by sweaty bodies. He'd rather walk and take the time to think. He spends lots of time thinking. In the room given to him by his friends, the Mirabal family, he sits for hours on end. To keep his hands busy and his mind free, he knits.