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‘I lived in a city! I took public transportation every-where.' He reverses a little too fast and I grapple for the oh-shit handle above the window, because oh shit.

‘I follow his gaze to a storefront that looks like it used to be an ice cream shop - whats that old saying? You can take the boy out of the ice cream shop, but you can't take the cliche out of the other boy who's with him.’

‘This is karma. Point taken, universe! But you didn't have to be such a bitch about it.’

‘All my good material is wasted on this kid.
“Why are you lurking behind the couch?”
He stops tying and turns his attention to me. “Oh, I'm sorry. You were saying you enjoyed having hard wood dig into your armpit?”
Does he not hear himself? Are straight boys immune to innuendo?
Like I said. Good material. Wasted.’

‘Excuse me, new kid, having a post-apocalyptic sense of humour is my thing.’