A Conversation About Alonzo's Health Change
Nanon Zanzi: [embraces Alonzo when he returns from being away at the hospital]
You are thinner, Alonzo! Have you been sick?
Alonzo the Armless:
No not sick... but I have lost some flesh.
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Conflicted Emotions in a Relationship
Malabar the Mighty:
See, Nanon! Eyes that adore you... hands that long to caress you... and strength to protect you! Why do you always draw away from me?
Nanon Zanzi:
Why isn't he different from other men! Why doesn't he keep his hands off me? Hands! Men's hands! How I hate them! Men! The beasts! God would show wisdom if he took the hands from all of them! Forgive me, Alonzo... I did not mean you. You are the one man I can come to without fear.
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Fear of Touch and Brute Strength
Nanon Zanzi:
You are right, Alonzo... brute strength does not mean everything to all women. Alonzo, all my life men have tried to put their beastly hands on me... to paw over me. I have grown so that I shrink with fear when any man even touches me.
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The Paradox of Presence and Absence
Malabar the Mighty:
You are a riddle, Nanon. You shrink from me... yet you kiss my flowers when I am gone.
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Moments of Emotion: Fear, Hate, and Love
Malabar the Mighty:
There is a time for fear, Nanon... and a time for hate... and a time for love.
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Possession and Protection in The Unknown
Alonzo the Armless:
No one will get her... no one but me!
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