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[Hope might sound a bit... strange. Not sick, but just a bit more mature. And are the cracks in his voice gone? Either way, the tone is clearly disgruntled.]
I thought that person in the news turned people into kids.
[There's a pause, the embarrassment thick enough in the silence that it's hard to miss.]
Kind of glad that I was pretty much home when I ran into her, though. Still. Um. Good thing I don't really have anything tonight, either...
How long does this last again? I know it's not forever, but...
At least now I know I don't stay short forever.
I thought that person in the news turned people into kids.
[There's a pause, the embarrassment thick enough in the silence that it's hard to miss.]
Kind of glad that I was pretty much home when I ran into her, though. Still. Um. Good thing I don't really have anything tonight, either...
How long does this last again? I know it's not forever, but...
At least now I know I don't stay short forever.