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Submitted to Contest #95
“So there are many different reasons why Maisie’s like this.” Dr. Nomura had this irritating habit of starting to speak as though she was already in mid-conversation with someone. Unfortunately, that someone wasn’t him. He had become accustomed to the usual happy greetings people hand out like bad breath and chewing gum, even if they’re mostly insincere. He compared this to greasing gears in his mind, except it applied to social interaction at large. Even though it’s fake, at least people speak to him. Dr...
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