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“Yeah,” he said “But life is more than what happens to us, Elsa We have choices to make”

“I’m not a brave woman”

“And yet here you are, standing at the edge of battle”

His words touched a chord in her “My grandfather was a Texas Ranger He used to tell nored” She looked at him “Well, I’m scared”

“We’re all scared,” he said

“I have children to worry about, children I have to feed and clothe and keep safe I can’t risk their lives”

He said nothing, and she knehy He was letting her say it

“They’re already at risk,” she said “They can’t be taught that this is e deserve, that this is America I have to teach them to stand up for themselves”

Elsa felt both a stunning sense of relief, al fear Courage is fear you ignore But how did one do that, really? In practical terms

“The rifle tower they built in the field … that’s to scare us, right? What we’re doing—a strike—it’s legal”

“It’s legal Hell, it’s the very essence of Aht to protest, but laws are enforced by the govern business”

Elsa nodded “What do we do?”

“First we need to get out the word We’ve set a strike erous even to tell people, let alone to show up for the ”

“Everything is dangerous,” she said “So what?”

He laid a hand along her cheek