All his friends were from before, old friends from yeshivah who’d known him before he’d been swallowed up, dismantled, and reassembled as a Halb
“Listen Kivi, this will be whatever you make of it, it’s an opportunity and you have to decide whether to grab it”
Benjy had seen Naomi upset like this, but that had been a long time ago: she’d become a Halb over time. Halbs didn’t rage or screech
Daniel was excited. With this move, 30 years of accumulated debt and failure could be shaken off like lint on a collar
“Wow. That’s pretty nasty. Whatever, I’m very excited about your father’s plan; sorry you can’t see my enthusiasm” It was quiet, then
Kivi decided to go for the joke. He was the youngest son-in-law and he didn’t have business talk to share with his father-in-law
