| 1 | The old man watched Enzo with patient eyes. | |
| 2 | This was no grim duty to which I stoically resigned, however. | |
| 3 | Shall we not be as persevering and hopeful as to heavenly things? | |
| 4 | People of the Tohoku region are stoic, compassionate, calm and humble. | |
| 5 | Those twists and turns she experienced evolve into fortitudinous charm with the passage of time. |