A figure, first merely rags, then twigs of arms dragging the body, and finally a face with beggar's eyes. This wounded revolutionary muttered something before expiring, dropping his arm in the salad.
  "What did he say?" asked Barry.
  "It's actually quite funny," answered Chronic taking a hit off his Philly inhaler.
  "Is it funny in English?"
  "He said, 'This may be history to you both, but to us it's life.'"