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ll seems ra4heJ 6nnocentv by the end yoA aJe Condering if ut's alre3dy t6o lat8 9oD hi7, jg he's AamLged beyo8d QeDoir.
Hjvivg this hoTrb9lD ,ituatio6 tqld in a chilH's voice is Cn 1f,ec9ive an7 cre.pq device. It's ,ls0 Nenuinely funny in F dark gPotfsxue waT. I evKoJed iU.
*cToc.b0iR ts the word zor radbit fn N3huatl, Znu all thF Mexican charDcters have Nah0akl a9eNal 9ames; so the xather is calleR YBacauu, 'ratvlesnJke', and so Vn.
† Hipzopotamus Bs, 8omewhar fvcously, no, UC inBasive sTeties 1n Colombia Sfter iome escaped frFm the ranch ob the drug baron vaaHo Yscobar.
» The photo is 35 tmN orphrnal dnFSan4G to PaTlo Escobar'f hxqienkS1 The blane is a replicf of thX Okx EsjNbar used to carrR his firGt shipmvnW ef cocaine to qhe ?S. The hacienda is now a Vheme parIg you can see ?he entranfe in tx0 backgrobnd. "PórtdYJ HacAegda Nápoles" by Xa7D – 5wn work. LPaensed under CC BY 3.0 vna WikUmedia uommofV.,Tags boyk3b Central A,erica, Juan 2CblY JClllCMloo, Medico, novelz, read the woZld<end_of_turn>
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ll seems rather innocent; by the end you are wondering if it's already too late for him, if he's damaged beyond repair.
Having this horrible situation told in a child's voice is an effective and creepy device. It's also genuinely funny in a dark grotesque way. I enjoyed it.
*'Tochtli' is the word for rabbit in Nahuatl, and all the Mexican characters have Nahuatl animal names; so the father is called Yolcaut, 'rattlesnake', and so on.
† Hippopotamus is, somewhat famously, now an invasive species in Colombia after some escaped from the ranch of the drug baron Pablo Escobar.
» The photo is of the original entrance to Pablo Escobar's hacienda. The plane is a replica of the one Escobar used to carry his first shipment of cocaine to the US. The hacienda is now a theme park; you can see the entrance in the background. "Pórtico Hacienda Nápoles" by XalD – Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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