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Caterina
“Why do people eat with these?” Lily asks, trying her hardest to use chopsticks.
“It's part of their culture,” I say, positioning them in her hands the correct way for the tenth time.
“What’s culture?” she asks and a noodle slips from the sticks.
“Why don't you use your fork?” I chuckle and slide it closer to her but she shakes her head.
“Nope. You use them, I want to, too.” She continues to struggle with the chopsticks and I glance over to Marcus, who is staring into his General Tso’s chicken, his own chopsticks just moving the pieces around.
“You okay?” I ask, placing my hand on his forearm.
He retracts his arm and hides it under the table. “I'm fine. Bad day.”
“Okay,” I say softly.
Lily and I discuss our day at camp and how Ben is goofy with his songs and all the d
