"... I don't know that my family understands." She pauses. "My brother, he is so young, of course he would not. My father... Is too often on the boats."

She looks at her own feet. How distant and awkward they feel in this moment! In every moment, really, but especially now. "but I think there must be a way. I cannot say what it is, but it surely exists. I cannot reclaim my old medal. All medals must be won anew, after all."