This text appeared shortly before the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The first request is lost in a flood of e-mails. Konrad Muzyka replies to the second, now via messenger, after a few minutes. Of course you can talk about your work. He still has time on Sunday. Nine o'clock in the morning, he suggests: "Do you work then?"

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