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MOKSA
Was I not a man?
INDIO
I say he had a choice.
VAISYA
What could he have done?
INDIO
He submitted. He should have fought!
VAISYA
Then he'd have become what they are.
MOKSA
In the dungeons I could not see my hands. Death came first for my hands. But once I shaped worlds.
VAISYA
Violence is not an Indian way--it will not bring an Indian world.
INDIO
Is your sister Indian or American?
VAISYA
That's not fair.
MOKSA
In the desert there was no clay. Do you not understand? I could not shape the sand.
INDIO
Is your sister Indian or American? Answer me! Where is your India?
VAISYA
Do you think your face is any more real than father's?
