The representative\u2019s expression shifted from annoyance to uncertainty. \u201cSir, this doesn\u2019t concern you. Please return to your place in line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel remained standing beside the elderly woman. \u201cActually, it does concern me and everyone else here. We all deserve to be treated with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eyes from around the bank focused on him\u2014some admiring, others disapproving, most simply uncomfortable with the disruption of social norms.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs there a problem here?\u201d asked a security guard, approaching slowly.<\/p>\n
Daniel smiled slightly. \u201cNo problem at all. I\u2019m just standing with this lady until her issue is properly addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen everyone turns away, only conscience remains. Stay with us to see what happens next.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the security guard hovered uncertainly nearby, the elderly woman turned to Daniel with a grateful smile. \u201cThank you, young man, but you don\u2019t need to trouble yourself.\u201d Her voice carried the soft inflection of the South, but with a backbone of steel beneath the gentleness.<\/p>\n
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