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But weren't these people taken away American? Japanese by descent, but American born? After all, Keiko's father had been born here.

Ils ne te jugent pas en fonction du badge que tu portes, ils te jugent en fonction de tes actes, de ce que tes actes disent de toi.

"She's American," Henry protested, speaking softly in Cantonese. The words felt strange. Foreign. Like stepping onto a frozen lake, unsure if it would hold your weight or send you crashing through to the icy depths.

Mrs Beatty had a way of having one-sided conversations, and he was used to being on the quiet end.

After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand.

The colorful marquee [...] - the once warm glow, a reflection of how much hope Henry had had as a young boy, sat covered in decades of rust and neglect.

What if they send them back to Japan? Keiko doesn't even speak Japanese. What'll happen to her then? She's more of an enemy there than she is here.