Unit 12: Men With Guns

Blog Prompt: Write a brief biography of Conejo, the young boy in the film, who would now be in his early/mid 20s. How - if at all - did hid chance meeting with the elderly doctor change his life? What has become of him in the last 10-15 years?

Conejo managed to survive.

He does remember the old doctor that came to his village and the long journey that ended high up in the mountains. There was nothing there. No village. Just a group of people that moved from place to place. They had to keep moving.

People came and went from the group. Conejo figures that the silent woman who had journeyed into the mountains with him had joined with some of these.

When the old doctor died, Conejo stayed and helped the medic who had deserted from the army. The man's arm never did heal properly.

After a while, Conejo left the group in the mountains and joined with the guerrillas. But he didn't stay with them for very long. And, if anyone asked if he had ever heard of Cerca del Cielo, he could tell them honestly that there was no such place. But he never mentioned the people that lived in the mountains. He wasn't sure why. Maybe he just wanted a place where he knew he could take shelter.

Conejo is now a businessman. He takes tourists around to visit archeological sites. He still embellishes his stories with grim and bloody details.

It doesn't take a lot of imagination.