Chapter Eleven SOK

Atiq finds out that he is getting a new prisoner. I wonder if it is Zunaira. Atiq has to wait for Qassim to arrive, and he is being very impatient. While he is waiting, he starts asking about Qaab. I don't know who Qaab is, but the other military man seems almost appalled by the fact that Atiq is asking. He tells Atiq that Qaab is dead and has been for years. Atiq keeps asking questions about it, astounded, but the military man thinks that Atiq is making fun of him. I don't understand why Atiq doesn't remember anything about Qaab. Again, it is probably symbolic of the fact that he is a different person from who he was a few years ago, but it is weird that he can't remember anything of Qaab's death when it seems everyone else knows all the details. When Qassim arrives, he talks to Atiq about how he didn't see him the other night. He invites him again, and you can tell that he is concerned about Atiq. He informs Atiq that his new prisoner killed her husband, and that she will be staying longer than the others because there is a rally coming up with some important guests and she is the only woman to be executed. That is so weird. It is like they are saying, "Oh my, some important people are coming and we have nothing to show them here, so let's kill some people for them.". It is crazy what they do here. Now I am pretty sure it is Zunaira who is the prisoner.