| Frida: | Some people regard history as a stucco wall that can be painted over or white-washed. |
| Satoru: | Others conceptualize it as indelible stone. |
| Dmiritri: | To me, nothing human is indelible. Sooner or later, everything turns to dust . . . . |
| Frida: | (Shrugging her shoulders) Where does such nihlistic thinking lead? |
| Ying: | I'm not sure. |
| Frida: | (ignoring that comment). At any rate, all too often, those in power want to "rearrange" past events to fit present agendas. |
| Dmiritri: | Fer sure – and that's precisely the reason many voices are needed to make history alive. History should never be the voice of any single group or culture, but an ongoing polyphony. |
| Ying: | Well, it's hard to contend with the strident chorus of many voices. I suspect some form of simplification & myth is needed. |
| Frida: | For whom? And for what purposes? Without reflecting deeply on this, we are but puppets. . . |
