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INDIO

Father was pure too.

VAISYA

Be fair, Indio. You've told me yourself that father had no choice.

MOKSA

I will not return in the shape of a man. I have not lived my life well. Do not let me die.

INDIO

Did he maintain his purity? Look at him! Did he?

VAISYA

They didn't let him.

INDIO

When he worked in South African mines he spoke of spiritual freedom.

MOKSA

Once--once I was a man. I shaped the world with my hands--the whole world with my hands. That is a man.

VAISYA

He wore the face they wanted him to wear. You've told me that yourself!

INDIO

When he begged in the streets of Jakarta he still spoke of spiritual freedom.

MOKSA

I shaped the world with my hands! Is that not a man?

VAISYA

In time he became what they wanted him to be. He had no choice.