Uma

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They are twins. Two girls from India (or Palestina), Uma and  Mira. When they are young the are adopted by a couple who are are big name in diamonds in Paris. But they are very rigidly and  stern and  especially Mira couldn't live by all the rules and restrictions and discipline in the house. She went bad, went out stealing and in the end, when she was fourteen, ran away and never returned.  Uma loved her sister and now that she was gone she even started idolizing her. But Mira never even dropped a note to her sister. This loss of her twin sister resulted in Uma feeling miserable and useless. She drowns her feelings and memories in alcohol and she even attempted several time to commit suicide. 
Twelve years after Mira left, Uma works at a Justice department at Forensics, Identifications. She recreates faces and heads from bare skulls and jaws. One day she recreates the face of her long lost sister Mira. The body was burnt and a black diamond was found between her jaws. Mira one way or the other never really had escaped the diamond business.
There's more to this story, but for that we'll have to wait for the next album
Serie Karaat, © Dargaud 2003
Author: Yannick le Pennetier (Yann). Artwork: Felix Meynet
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