“What do you love?” Kareem repeated. “Basketball, I guess,” Beethoven answered. The two men were circling the parking lot, walking the square brick edges and turning right at sharp angles. The trees nodded along. “Borges. Pecans. Magic tricks. Twin Peaks probably.” Both men laughed. “Twin Peaks?” Kareem asked, scrunching up his face. “Wow. So you’re one of those dudes. You drink IPAs too? You like to go hiking on the weekends?” Beethoven smiled: “I mean. Probably something insufferable like that, right? Maybe I’m really into turning people on to Infinite Jest. Or CrossFit. Or Tesla.” They both
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