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Sounds quite tasty, may I have a little?

Oh, sure. [She hands her cup over to him.]

Thank you. *He takes a sip and smiles.*

Well? What do you think?

Quite nice. Where did you get it, or do you make it yourself?

I got this one from a coffee shop about six blocks from here.

It's certainly better than most of what you find in coffee shops.

I go to this really nice independent one. They take a lot of care with their drinks.

I'll have to try it. I'm always looking for good food.

They have good pastries there, too.

Good to know.

Yeah, no problem. They're a great place and I'm glad to share the love.

More love is always a good thing, in a broken world like this one.

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True. And if I can send some business to my favorite coffee shop, all the better.

Precisely.

[This is the first time they've had a conversation and Carol doesn't feel like she needs to make a quick exit. Progress?]

How have you been?

*Progress! Yay for progress.*

I'm doing fine. A bit bored, perhaps, but that's probably better than most of the alternatives. *The alternatives, after all, tend to involve finding neo-Nazies and killing them horribly.*

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Being bored isn't the worst thing in the world. Sometimes I miss being bored.

It's better than what I do to have fun, certainly.

...

...yeah, I would agree with that.

Most people do.

Not all of what I enjoy is bad, mind. I'd quite like to draw you, for example.

You...want to draw me?

I like art. I can draw, paint, and play several instruments. *A slight smile.* And I cook, as well, but I doubt you want to think much about that.

It doesn't surprise me that you are very artistic. You have that...aura around you. Though, yes, I'd like to skip the cooking. I'm just surprised that you want to draw me.

You're pretty and you're strong. *He smiles slightly.* I can draw you from memory, just give me your permission.

Ah, oh. Well, sure. You have my permission.

Thank you. *You'll be getting a copy of yourself drawn as an Amazon in a few days now, by the way.*

Do you have any artistic talents, or are you but a muse?

[As long as she's clothed, that sounds okay with her.] Yo're welcome.

I write a bit. I've written a book and a handful of magazine articles. Considering starting a fiction novel.

*Of course. She may be missing a breast, though; Amazons were said to remove one in some stories.*

What kind of fiction?

[Carol will find that both cool and bizarre all at the same time.]

A mixture of sci-fi and fantasy.

As if our lives weren't fantastical enough.

People want escapes from their lives. So maybe they'll want to escape with my stories.

Perhaps.