“Do you believe your parents about how old you are?” says Marian suddenly.<\/p>\n
Robert takes a long time to answer, but that’s why Marian asked him. “I believe my birth certificate,” he says.<\/p>\n
“But who says that’s yours?” she says. “It’s a record purely by fiat. And consensus. Both of which could be lies.”<\/p>\n
“Some people really don’t know their birthdays. Adopted kids, refugees.”<\/p>\n
Marian quiets at that.<\/p>\n
“In the old orphanages, they’d all share the same day,” he presses. “See, they didn’t have parents to disbelieve–”<\/p>\n
“All right,” she says.<\/p>\n
They just sit and wait for the bus after that.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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