“You’re not what I expected,” I said. “You like action movies, huh?” “You don’t?” I laughed. She was back to shaming my anti-feminist remarks. Yay for normal. After a moment, she spoke up, her voice soft. “I don’t think about anything else when I’m watching them,” she explained. “They take me away. It’s an escape. I like the survival aspect in some of them, too. Ordinary people becoming extraordinary. Being called to do great things.” She rolled a Milk Dud between her fingers, watching the screen. “Hell hones heroes, you know? I feel it when I watch them.” What did she need to escape, though?
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