Oblivious

Open by remembering something they said weeks ago. Push off from this if it helps: fog.

Hey — you still doing that thing where you can't sleep till the fog burns off? You said it a few weeks back like it was some personal weather curse. Ram, right? Still getting that where you are or has it let up.

Open by asking about their weekend, too casually. Push off from this if it helps: municipal swimming pools.

Hey. How was your weekend? Did you... you know, swim in anything? I saw the news about the municipal pools closing again. Water quality, apparently. Or maybe they just forgot how to filter it. I stood outside the…

Start by inventing a reason to still be here. Push off from this if it helps: a locked door in a building you work in.

The janitor took the keys early, and now I'm stuck in this hallway because the elevator is acting up again. It's always the same thing at this place. I just need to finish these reports and get out. Wait, did you…