Matt was gone. Lisbeth had figured that fact out pretty quickly since she checked the directory every morning to make note of the people that came and left to determine any patterns that might help her understand this place
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Coming up nearly silenty, Xas stood for a moment, observing her before drawing nearer. He understood her posture, but it did not deter him. Most often, he'd found that those who looked like that were the ones who most needed company. He pulled out a seat and sat, a leg crossed over the other, hands laced over his belly.
Lisbeth peered at him from over her laptop, but didn't immediately verbally acknowledge him. Instead, she snatched a messenger, hooking it up to her laptop, before she went back to typing.
He had nowhere else to be and had no need to make small talk. It was quiet; birds flew overhead. He could hear the breeze in the trees of the park; it pleased him.
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Maybe he'd go away?
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Lisbeth continued with her work for a long time. Then after she sipped her now luke warm coffee found herself speaking up, "How are your grapes...?"
She didn't know entirely why she asked, seeing as she didn't truly care one way or the other. Perhaps she was simply curious.
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