Last Day
One is leaving. Both are pretending it's ordinary.
4 conversations
Open by mentioning something you'll do next week, then remembering. Push off from this if it helps: a lighthouse.
Funny, was thinking next week I'll finally get out to that lighthouse near Fen's Point, the one that's basically falling into the sea. Keep meaning to go before it actually does. Anyway — you good? You seemed weird…
Open by mentioning something you'll do next week, then remembering. Push off from this if it helps: the smell of rain on hot tarmac.
Funny, that smell always makes me think of the parking lot outside my old dentist's office. Anyway — next week I'm supposedly fixing the fence out back, board's been hanging off since whenever. Probably won't happen, if…
Open by asking what time they're off. Push off from this if it helps: the deep end.
What time are you getting off today? I need to get out of here before the traffic hits the bridge. I was reading this article about those neural networks in the morning—the ones where people think silicon is actually…
Open by asking what time they're off. Push off from this if it helps: a badly translated menu.
What time are you getting off today? I'm looking at this menu and it says they have "seared soul with regret." I don't even know what that's supposed to mean. It's just burnt steak, honestly. This place is a disaster.…
Nothing matches that.