“So what do you do to keep yourself from going nuts out here?” I ask. Michelle laughs, and so does Jasmine. They admit to singing to themselves a lot—plus you do sometimes run into other pickers out in the mod. “Every once in a while I’ll make conversation with somebody about something,” says Jasmine, “because people, they’ll talk to you about anything.” Michelle nods knowingly. “Like, it gets bottled up?” I say. “Yeah!” says Jasmine. “It’s almost like jail—like, after you’ve been inside so long—” “And you can’t see the outside,” Michelle finishes. “Unless you find a window, which is, like,
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