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That winter Gian-Luca decided to speak to Fabio regarding his two greatest troubles. Fabio could tell him about his father; he could also reassure him about his country; perhaps he might even be able to explain why the boys at school treated Gian-Luca like a stranger -- why they so often left him out of things. Fabio would speak in the soft, happy language that always set the heart beating just a little faster; the language of deep-sounding, beautiful words -- familiar, reassuring, fulfilling. Gian-Luca rehearsed the scene in his mind.
Fabio would say: "But you are an Italian, what need you care for the foolish English, they have nothing to do with us!"