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Oscillations
- Young Mahra Keelan
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- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
- Young Mahra Keelan
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- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
Smoking in bus stops and sheltered areas was fine (despite the by-law signs, shut up) as long as they were empty. You yielded to a non-smoker, always, and you learned how to direct your breath with the wind to prevent large billowing clouds of nicotine and death chemicals flowing into people's lungs. You never inhaled around children and strollers, keeping your cigarette by your side and out of the way until they passed.
Smokers also tended to group together, and it was very much a social thing. They immediately had something to talk about, if someone needed a cigarette it opened up a conversation, and Laurie, as grumpy as he was, was included in that little bubble. Those who quit smoking immediately noticed the difference. Breaks at work seem more pointless, there's less reasons to go outside, and you lose those few minutes standing by your buddies shooting the shit.
Not that Laurie had any buddies, but, you get it. There was more to the habit than simply sticking a tube in your mouth, is the point, and it applied to Laurie as well. He looked back at Qingying and caught his eyes, brows arching slightly. He gestured to the cigarette. "What, you want one? They're just Bonds." He flashed the pack, which had a Philip Morris logo on it. "They'll tear out your lungs at a bargain."
Also don't smoke kids, you will get cancer and die from all the cyanide and formaldehyde and shit in these things. Just say no peeps.
- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
As one aged, though, that perception changed.
Perhaps, if he continued to ‘live’, a day would simply become a speck – as minute as the scattered ashes of Laurie’s cigarette.
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
“Thank you, for telling me you were afraid.” It was sincere.
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
“Would you be willing to join us?” It was mildly tentative. “We’ll speak a little at a time.”
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
- Qingying
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Re: Oscillations
“I…” He paused, before continuing. “I do not like being controlled, either – people cannot make me do things, but-” Mahra could feel his next words were because he trusted Laurie. “They have done so, indirectly.” He dipped his head. “It is not the same” – he’d hardly think that, and he wasn’t speaking to have Laurie feel some sort of familiarity; it was more because Laurie had shared – “but…”
He looked down at Mahra, referring to what the child had said a few days ago. “I try to be careful, but you’re right” – directed at Laurie, this time – “I try to think, and be meticulous, but I didn’t think – I simply acted. Most of the time, I try to think beforehand, but sometimes, I don’t.” He looked away from them again, before meeting Laurie’s gaze.
“I’m sorry for scaring you,” he said with a soft smile. “Like I said earlier, I cannot promise I will not move you, again, but I will try to – try to – think about it, before, next time.” He shut his eyes as he rounded his shoulders. “I do not want to make you uncomfortable – either of you,” he said as he gave Mahra a squeeze, and dipped his head, eyes still closed. “I do not – think, sometimes.”
- Young Lawrence Keelan
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Re: Oscillations
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