When a person I knew as a baby grew up to become my flight surgeon, I could count on the fingers of one hand the times she asked whether I had any idea how unusual that was. It showed that she cared even when I caught her stealing a framed picture of an unwanted table. I insisted that I could elevate her legs. She pronounced me a source of evil. I gave her the benefit of the doubt. Then I had a sandwich. Now I'm looking to hide a small pellet somewhere near the property I own in a neighboring township. It won't be easy because some folks around there pay very close attention. You'd think they would once in a while strive to give a different impression. But you'd be wrong. And that wouldn't be the first time, I'm afraid.
Now when, through no one's fault at all, a group of strangers is stranded on a nearby continent, the phrase they use to describe their feelings is one that I myself once used. But that was before all notes were consolidated into a trim packet. The safest course is to double up your billing profiles and hope for clearer sightlines. If you act as if an entanglement is one for the books, you might find yourself to be more correct than is commonly supposed. It strikes some of us that in our current predicament a freshly composed lament would hit the spot. If anyone tries to remove that kind of spot they could experience a troubling sensation. There's no pill for that, is all I'm saying. Try not to leak this passage.
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