Status: Finito.
The Other Things.
joint.
“Do you know why I like talking with you, Miss Victoria?”
“Because I have a bubbly personality you just can’t refuse?”
Axel smiled, wide and genuine. “Close, but no cigar. Humans aren’t lone creatures. For the most part. I mean, you like being alone, but you’re an outlier. I like talking to you and spending time with you because you treat me like I’m a human. Others sneer and glare at me. But not you. We are like a couple, except that I could be your grandfather.”
“Maybe my father. I’m not that old, Axel.”
He giggled at my joke.
“Because I have a bubbly personality you just can’t refuse?”
Axel smiled, wide and genuine. “Close, but no cigar. Humans aren’t lone creatures. For the most part. I mean, you like being alone, but you’re an outlier. I like talking to you and spending time with you because you treat me like I’m a human. Others sneer and glare at me. But not you. We are like a couple, except that I could be your grandfather.”
“Maybe my father. I’m not that old, Axel.”
He giggled at my joke.
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I think Axel may have done some hard drugs in his past life.