The siege was on, we were already cut off, all rides to my town were cancelled. "I was in my restaurant, watchng the patrons argue over their dinner and not really noticing the news showing some heavy fighting, when it hit me: they're showing Pogoren outskirts! It's my town! Where my friend lives! I don't know what I was hoping for when I rushed out the door and to the bus station." But even when the riots and fights became everyday news, I kept assuring her it would all blow over soon."
And I was right! Nothing came of it - this time. One day she called me, terrified, saying there was a riot outside, the secessionists were inciting the crowd to burn the town hall. "I have a dearest friend who always worried a lot. Even when I was listening to the news getting scarier day by day, I did not believe all that was about to happen." Wars happened far away, in third-world countries. "I used to be an optimist - one of those people who'd have sworn that war wouldn't come. And who knows how long this war is going to last." Bruno's Story All that seems of no importance now, don't you think? Nowadays, you're lucky if you get your hands on some canned meat or a bag of rice. I visited beautiful places where I was filmed cooking exquisite dishes. I even had my own TV show: "Bruno's Cuisine". "Before the war I used to own a restaurant.
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