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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?