Tom shares a conversation with his friend, Elvir, whose family fled his native Bosnia when war broke out in the early 1990s. Elvir recalls the experience through 10-year old eyes, and reflects on what it must have been like for his parents at that time.

The conversation highlights the good and bad sides of tribalism, which is currently testing the limits of American democracy as we know it. It offers sobering perspective on how quickly things can go wrong when people stop talking to one another and resort to violence.