There was a commander—a man whose given name no one ever uses, so no one even knows it anymore. All the soldiers simply call him “Master Phoe Thet Pyin.” He was the only one who survived when the entire military unit was caught in a fierce battle. Even when the camp was overrun and everyone…

The very moment word spread that Myar Gyi had been taken in by the authorities, everyone was thrown into a state of shock. It was said that while he was out at night buying medicine for his feverish little son, he encountered a police vehicle and was apprehended. And the thought of how his four‐year‐old…