"Since my old professor, Radloff, had been in prison, I tried to bring him meals every few days at the least, during prison visiting hours, when he leaned with his face against the walls of his cell like a snail and smiled weakly at me. He was not allowed to speak. The prison did not provide food for inmates, only water from a small sink in each cell, to be gathered in a bowl which also must be used as a cup."
"A week after he was arrested and trialled, I received a letter that I had been named as his food provider. It outlined a simple rule: all food prisoners eat must be provided by friends and relatives. Those who are not brought food starve to death, and their bodies are donated to the science department of the university, the university the professor used to work at. I am the only one to bring the professor food as no one else communicated with him anymore."
"I had been his laboratory research assistant at the university, and they implicated me enough in his crimes through association, the premise I must have known something, to force me to leave the university but not enough for me to be arrested too. My career was ruined, I lost my scholarship and I had to work two jobs at a restaurant and at an underground metro WC which cost one small coin to use."
Radloff, a former professor, is imprisoned and forbidden to speak. The prison provides only water; inmates must receive all food from friends or relatives or starve, and unclaimed bodies are donated to the university science department. A former laboratory research assistant is named as Radloff's food provider and becomes his sole visitor. The assistant was forced to leave the university over association with Radloff, lost scholarship, and now works two low-wage jobs. The assistant brings meals during visiting hours, notices Radloff's weakened, eccentric appearance, and follows strict rules to keep supplying his food.
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