Les: *eats*

In the long, anonymous streets somewhere, Les moves to scrub fresh blood from his lips with the back of his hand; stops walking, surprised to see the shadow of someone he knows ( Read more... )

1. Find/build a working computer.

2. Be more generous with my time.

3. Be kind.

4. Learn something new.

5. Survive.

Ask Les anything.

OR: ask me (Ji?) anything about Les.

ORx2: both!

Les is back at the ex-electronics store, hands in his pockets.

"Edward?"

He looks hopeful.

The world Les lives in is warm and well-lit; he graduates, absurdly early, absurdly fast, in the sunny median of May. Things in the world outside -- outside the Bay, outside California, outside the States -- are tense but here everything is relaxed and careless and drawn out and the music is loud and appropriate. Brass booming, strings squealing, ( Read more... )

When you only have one set of clothes, this is what you do: you take them into the shower with you. You wash them. You set them aside. You hope they'll be dry by the time that you're clean, but you know that they won't be. And you know that you'll have to deal ( Read more... )

Michael Allen, Before, was a businessman. Was rich. Belonged to the appropriate gym. Wasn't that strong. Was kind of insecure about his biceps ( Read more... )