They are on their way to the company dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As usual, Papaia is the only one who knows the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The others follow him without bothering to help him find the route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When they get close to the restaurant, Papaia\u2019s phone rings. He starts a long conversation with the family group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of stopping, he keeps walking absentmindedly, wandering randomly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The others continue to follow him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While talking, he leans against the low wall of a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The others signal to him to hang up, but Papaia is so absorbed in the conversation that he doesn\u2019t even consider it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia
\u201c\u2026yeah\u2026 no\u2026 but I told you\u2026 what?! And you still believe her?\u2026 She only did it to get a free dinner\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia has completely lost touch with reality and thinks he is at home. He reaches out and grabs a can that a stranger has left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The moment he tastes it, his expression changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His colleagues go to visit him in the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They enter his room and ask how things are going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani
\u201cSo\u2026 what did the doctor say?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Papaia
(with a face as pale as a sheet)
\u201cNothing this week. Maybe I\u2019ll get out next week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ravioli
\u201cStill, hepatitis is a serious thing\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banani
\u201cBut what on earth made you drink a can that a stranger had left on the street?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Igor says nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He takes out his phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A video recorded a month earlier starts playing on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It shows Papaia and the others walking past the exact same low wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While talking on the phone with his aunt, Papaia stops, places a can on the wall, and then walks away without ever ending the call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Igor
\u201cSometimes, the real strangers are ourselves\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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