The people around me filled their plates with towering piles of food. I noticed how much they were eating and asked them about it. Their responses were striking: They believed that when you had access to something like food, you should take all you can, because you might have none the next day. You might have to run for your life.
Looking back at the end of my assignment, I am overwhelmed by the scale of suffering I've seen.
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