The moment classes end Pham Thanh Thao rushes home to her boyfriend’s bedside, sits down, and whispers: “Turtle, I’m home. Blink to say hello to me.”Tran Nguyen Quoc Huy remains motionless, his body tangled in a web of medical tubing, but at the sound of her murmur, his eyelids flicker, a faint, deliberate blink. It would be easy to think they have been together for decades and he is nearing the end of his life. But no, he is 22 and she is 21. Thao, a university student in An Giang Province, gently massages his hands and body, filling the silence with stories about her day at school.
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