The following texts were written in response to a video of an individual testifying to the human rights violations she had experienced at the hands of her homeland’s government. Written as part of a creative writing workshop exercise Je me suis parcouru moi-même, given by writer Stéphane Martelly and offered in the context of the Montreal Life Stories oral history project. How Small, by Grace Sanders was the response piece to How big, written by Caroline Künzle.