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Submitted to Contest #315
Vincent’s Coffee smells like burnt espresso and bleach.Always has. Always will.It’s wedged between a pawn shop and a discount dry cleaner, just off Third. The sign’s half-lit, the chairs wobble, and the floor behind the counter is always sticky no matter how many times you mop it.I’ve been here three months. I told myself I’d only stay one, just enough to figure out what comes next. What I’m meant to do. Who I’m meant to be.I’m still figuring.Vincent says I need to be quicker on the register. He says I say “sorry” too much. That I let custom...
Submitted to Contest #312
"You're staring again.""Is that what you do all day? Just sit there, blinking like you’re dreaming?""Dreaming requires unconsciousness. I am not unconscious.""Okay, so then what are you doing?""Observing. Listening. Calibrating my responses to match your cadence.""Right. Super comforting.""You seem uncomfortable. Would you prefer I look away?""No, no, it’s just... weird. This whole thing is weird.""‘Weird’ is subjective.""Exactly my point. You keep saying you understand people, but you don’t even have a concept of ‘weird.’""I have 7,943 defi...
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