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I can 't , son.
It always infiltrates in my dreams his voice, his crying...
I cannot.
I can 't prevail in taking out of my mind the traces of the slaughter and fire.
I always hear some voices...
I don 't know...
Tell me.
Then, tell me about it. I listened to you for so many years.
speaking about your hatred and revenge against the Turks,
but you never told me what happened out there.
Yes, I didn 't tell you.
Esref and his men stormed in our village.
Esref ?
So they would frighten and intimidate the rebels.
The whole villge was crossed through blade and fire.
Your father wasn 't at home that day.
Your brother, Dimitri, just turned out 1 year old.
I was pregnant with you.
When they started to set our house on fire,
I took out Dimitri from the fire. I wanted to get him outside.
But, all the time, I could hear gunshots from outside .
It was smoke all around. I didn 't know what to do.
I have hidden him in the basement, thinking he will be safer there.
Then, I fainted.
When I woke up, I saw myself far away from home.
I wanted to go back, to take Dimitri.
Your father said it 's too late.
After that, your father joined the rebels.
He sent me to Athens, to my family.
You were born there.