Ali waited patiently for the answer to a question he never dared ask before.
"They were bullying you," Kyle said simply.
"You weren't afraid of me?"Ali pressed on.
Kyle had been the only one that did not look at him with fear or hatred. Even at that young age, the emotions spilling out could be so negative. And being so young, they weren't restrained at all in voicing them out.
So why was Kyle so different?
How come Kyle treated him like any other person?
Kyle looked at Ali and tilted his head. He knew the unspoken question Ali had. Wasn't Ali a hidden spy? A sleeper agent? Or a ticking time bomb that would just go 'suicide bomber' and blow up the whole school?
How could he explain that as Kylie, living in Country M had given him exposure to all sorts of races and religions? Kyle wasn't ignorant of the truth and thus, wasn't swayed by the prejudices or misunderstandings that were prevalent in Country TZ then, of the lesser known religions like Islam.
