But João, sitting in the silent museum, held the echo in his chest. He knew that when the technicians came, the drive would be wiped, the data lost. But he also knew that he would never, for the rest of his life, hear the rain falling on the tin roof of his childhood home without hearing, somewhere in the rhythm, the warm, slightly shimmering, unmistakable voice of Ricardo saying:

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Ricardo was silent for a moment. Then: "João, lembra daquele primeiro poema que li para você? Sobre o viajante na estrada de terra?"