Fourteen-year-old Uer wanted to show me the crayon picture she had drawn. It was divided in two parts. On one side was a popular soap opera star, Sterlita, sleeping in a bright bedroom with pink curtains and fluffy pillows. The other frame showed Uer (pronounced "Er") and her friends, in a stairwell. Her friends were propped up against one another, sleeping. Uer sat on the stairs staring out of the drawing, head in hands.
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