somebody walks into your office for the very first time, scans the room, and then plops down right there, even though you’re going to be sitting just inches away?” “They do,” Wendell says simply. I think about the tissue box that Wendell had tossed to me and how he kept it on the table next to position B because, it occurs to me now, most people must sit there. “Oh,” I say. “Should I move?” Wendell shrugs. “It’s up to you.” I get up and sit down perpendicular to Wendell. I have to adjust my legs to the side so that they don’t touch his. I notice a bit of gray at the roots of his dark hair. The
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