"The joke has been how to make an economic plan built around places we have
never seen, so there has been a lot of uninformed gossip in the coffee shops
," said Amr Hamad, vice-secretary of the Palestinian Federation of Industry.
"Doesn't speak?" I said, feigning incredulousness. "Doesn't speak? Joshua, w
hat's on top of a house?"
"Christ," Carl said. "You two are worse than kids in a back seat. Tom, if Mi
chelle wanted to die, then let her die. All of her. Michelle's body is Miche
lle. Unlike Joshua's people, our souls, if we have them, appear permanently
attached to our body. Michelle has her right to die, not to be shuffled arou
nd like a puppet."
"Are you sure?" Joshua asked.