{"id":216,"date":"2017-01-19T14:05:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phook.dk\/wordpress\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2018-12-13T09:46:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T09:46:58","slug":"kain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phook.dk\/wordpress\/?page_id=216","title":{"rendered":"Kain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Kain \">Kain<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Manden satte sig ved et af de borde, der var t\u00e6ttest p\u00e5 pladsen.\">The man sat down at one of the tables closest to the square. <\/span><span title=\"Han placerede sig med ansigtet mod pladsen, s\u00e5 han havde udsigt til livet p\u00e5 Pla\u00e7a Reial. \">He positioned himself facing the square, so he had a view of the life on the Pla\u00e7a Reial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Jeg var ansat som tjener p\u00e5 cafeen, her i Cataloniens hovedstad.\">I was employed as a waiter at the cafe, here in the capital of Catalonia. <\/span><span title=\"Mange af mine venner havde synes at jeg var enormt retro, s\u00e5dan at tage til Barcelona i RL.\">Many of my friends thought I was enormously retro, that is going to Barcelona in RL. <\/span><span title=\"Andre havde ford\u00f8mt det (som de opfattede det) overdrevne energiforbrug, der ville blive benyttet for at flytte min krop s\u00e5dan i virkeligheden.\">Others had condemned it because of the (as they saw it) excessive energy consumption that would take to move my body, like for real. Me, I<\/span><span title=\"Selv opfatter jeg mig som romantiker \u2013 jeg var bare ligesom n\u00f8dt til at pr\u00f8ve det, ligesom rygs\u00e6kturisterne gjorde for bare 50 \u00e5r siden.\"> consider myself to be a romantic &#8211; I just kind of had to try it, like the backpack tourists did like 50 years ago. <\/span><span title=\"Al den teknologi og RemPrec(TM) gjorde det ligesom ikke rigtigt for mig.\">All this technology and RemPrec (TM) didn&#8217;t really do it for me. <\/span><span title=\"RemPrec(TM) gav mig altid en m\u00e6rkelig smag i munden.\">RemPrec (TM) always left me with a strange taste in my mouth. <\/span><span title=\"S\u00e5 nu stod jeg her, med mit viskestykke over armen og servicerede de lokale og de f\u00e5, prim\u00e6rt amerikanske, turister der forvildede sig de f\u00e5 skridt v\u00e6k fra Ramblaen. \">So now I was here with my towel over my arm and serviced the local and the few, mainly American, tourists who strayed the few steps from La Ramblas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Med menuen under armen n\u00e6rmede jeg mig hans bord.\">With the menu under my arm, I approached his table. <\/span><span title=\"Da jeg lagde det interaktive stykke papir p\u00e5 bordet ved siden af hans h\u00e5nd, drejede han sit hoved og s\u00e5 direkte p\u00e5 mig.\">As I laid the interactive piece of paper on the table beside his hand, he turned his head and looked directly at me. <\/span><span title=\"Hans lysebl\u00e5 \u00f8jne tog luften totalt ud af mig.\">His pale blue eyes knocked the breath completely out of me. <\/span><span title=\"De s\u00e5 ud til at indeholde al verdens visdom og lidelse p\u00e5 en gang.\">They seemed to contain all the world&#8217;s wisdom and suffering at the same time. <\/span><span title=\"Jeg form\u00e5ede ikke at tale, s\u00e5 vi nikkede bare til hinanden.\">I managed to keep quiet, so we just nodded at each other. <\/span><span title=\"Han samlede menuen op og begyndte at markere sin bestilling.\">He picked up the menu and started to mark his order. <\/span><span title=\"Jeg vaklede tilbage til min plads ved siden af d\u00f8ren. \">I staggered back to my seat, next to the door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Som jeg stod der, bem\u00e6rkede jeg at de andre g\u00e6ster ikke var up\u00e5virkede af manden.\">As I stood there, I noticed that the other guests were not unaffected by the man. <\/span><span title=\"De blinkede til hinanden og nikkede i retning af ham.\">They winked at each other and nodded in his direction. <\/span><span title=\"Jeg overvejede om han m\u00e5ske var kendt fra den spansk-catalonske uafh\u00e6ngighedskrig.\">I wondered if maybe he was known hero from the Spanish-Catalan independence war. <\/span><span title=\"Netop da pingede hans ordre ud fra k\u00f8kkenet, lidt tapas og en kop kaffe, og jeg fik s\u00e5ledes igen mulighed for at tage ham i \u00f8jesyn.\">Just then his orders pinged from the kitchen: a small tapas and a cup of coffee, so I had once again the chance to get a good look at him. <\/span><span title=\"Hans ansigt var stadig vendt mod pladsen, hvor han tilsyneladende observerede de legende b\u00f8rn, deres m\u00f8dre p\u00e5 b\u00e6nkene, de svedende elektrikere, der arbejdede p\u00e5 en gadelampe og de t\u00e5belige amerikanere, der stod og s\u00e5 p\u00e5 deres kort \u2013 vendt p\u00e5 hovedet. \">His face was still turned toward the square, where he apparently observed the children playing, their mothers on the benches, the perspiring electricians who worked on a street lamp and the silly Americans who stood there, looking at their ancient paper maps &#8211; upside down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Da jeg satte bakken p\u00e5 hans bord, greb han mig om h\u00e5ndleddet.\">When I put the tray on his table, he grabbed me by the wrist. <\/span><span title=\"Vi s\u00e5 langsomt p\u00e5 hinanden.\">We slowly gazed at each other. <\/span><span title=\"\u00d8jnene var liges\u00e5 intense som f\u00f8rste gang.\">His eyes were as intense as the first time. <\/span><span title=\"\u201cDu er ikke catalonier\u201d, konstaterede han.\">&#8220;You are not Catalan,&#8221; he noted. <\/span><span title=\"Jeg nikkede og fors\u00f8gte at tr\u00e6kke min h\u00e5nd til mig, men hans greb var meget fast.\">I nodded and tried to regain my hand, but his grip was very firm. <\/span><span title=\"M\u00e5ske forestillede jeg mig det bare, men jeg tror en t\u00e5re trillede ned af hans kind.\">Maybe I imagined it right there, but I think a tear rolled down his cheek. <\/span><span title=\"\u201cPas p\u00e5 du ikke laver fejl\u201d, sagde han og slap mit h\u00e5ndled.\">&#8220;Be careful not to make mistakes,&#8221; he said, releasing my wrist. <\/span><span title=\"Jeg kunne ikke finde ud af om det var en advarsel eller en trussel.\">I couldn&#8217;t determine if it was a warning or a threat. <\/span><span title=\"Hans \u00f8jne havde forladt mig og hvilede igen p\u00e5 menneskerne p\u00e5 pladsen.\">His eyes had left me and rested again on the people in the square. <\/span><span title=\"Han f\u00e6rdiggjorde sit m\u00e5ltid og forlod cafeen liges\u00e5 hurtigt, som han var dukket op. \">He finished his meal and left the cafe as quickly as he had appeared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"De andre cafeg\u00e6ster begyndte at mumle og pege i den retning han var g\u00e5et.\">The other caf\u00e9 guests began muttering and pointing in the direction he had gone. <\/span><span title=\"Jeg spurgte en af stamg\u00e6sterne om hun vidste hvem han var.\">I asked one of the regulars if she knew who he was. <\/span><span title=\"Hun s\u00e5 p\u00e5 mig som om jeg var idiot.\">She looked at me as if I was an idiot. <\/span><span title=\"\u201cDet var El Monstruo\u201d, sagde hun vredt, \u201chan slog 66 mennesker ihjel i den store togulykke i 2015\u201d.\">&#8220;It was El Monstruo,&#8221; she said angrily, &#8220;he killed 66 people in the great train crash of 2015&#8221;. <\/span><span title=\"Hun betalte hurtigt ved at k\u00f8re sin finger over sit MonPur(TM) armb\u00e5nd.\">She paid quickly by running her finger over her MonPur (TM) bracelet. <\/span><span title=\"\u201cDet er en sk\u00e6ndsel at de allerede har lukket ham ud\u201d, sagde hun ud i luften, mens hun gik bort og overlod mig til de andre g\u00e6sters ubamhjertige snak om intetheden i den t\u00f8rre catalonske varme.\">&#8220;It is a disgrace that they have already let him out,&#8221; she said into the air as she walked away, leaving me with the other guests&#8217; ruthless talk of nothingness in the dry heat of Catalonia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kain The man sat down at one of the tables closest to the square. 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