A secret language is penetrating our city that broke its bones during the earthquakes. The report on the internal injuries seen on giant X-Rays is written on the asphalt. The words, the figures, the numbers are not clear for the layman but we all know they mark the incisions yet to be made to operate on broken pipes, lacerated seals and bruised joints. There is no general anaesthesia for this patient though, a little rest for the parts operated on is all the relief due. Life must go on.