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In. In. by Will McPhail
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“It's not what I miss. It's the stuff that hadn't happened yet. I've lost everything that I didn't know about her.
I was going to know her.”
Will McPhail, In.
“¿Qué barrera nos mantiene alejados? El tío está justo delante de mí. Podría alargar el brazo y tocarle. Pero no puedo acceder a su interior. Lo remoto de nuestro vínculo me aterra. Él está ahí. Solo tengo que encontrar el canal adecuado.”
Will McPhail, In.
“Every jaded businessman that I pass knows exactly what I was doing last night. My hair tells the whole seedy story, baby!

Except that part where I didn't feel anything and performed every emotion. Baby.”
Will McPhail, In.
“Whatever happens, I will not be used as an excuse for you to not be happy.”
Will McPhail, In.
“Can we be fun again? I don't want to feel like this."
"You're supposed to. I'm glad you're not faking it anymore.”
Will McPhail, In.
“I don't miss anything."
"Nick."
"No. Honestly I don't. It's not what I miss. It's the stuff that hadn't happened yet. I've lost everything that I didn't know about her. I was going to know her.”
Will McPhail, In.
“I'm trying to talk to you."
"With the grain, Nick."
"Fuck the grain, mum!"
"Ok."
"Can we just talk?"
"Of course we can... About what?"
"You. I'm trying to talk about you."
"You weren't asking about me."
"I was."
"I'm not just who I am to you, Nick."
"You're my mum."
"I'm Hannah.”
Will McPhail, In.
“If you've got somewhere to be..."
Ah, an invitation to lie. A kinder gift you will never receive. I could say I have to defrost a whale placenta with Malia Obama right now and he would play along.
What a strange sad dance we perform for each other.
Any other day and I would have accepted the plumber's generous offer and gone to a coffee shop to see if an almond dusted croissant made me feel anything. But for a reason I don't fully understand ... Today I don't want to. I want to make a connection with the man in the bathroom.
"Nope. I have nowhere to go.”
Will McPhail, In.
“I'm sure you're busy."
I'm going to spend the entire day in coffee shops searching for something that I'm not emotionally intelligent enough to define.
"So I'll let you go."
Don't let me go.
"Yep. Busy, busy, busy.”
Will McPhail, In.
“You could ask her about it. She might want to be asked about it. Or we could just pretend. That's easier.

Is this it? Is this what human interaction is?
She might want to be asked about it.

"See yer.”
Will McPhail, In.