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[synanthrope]

What's this?

Tick-tock, tick tock. I hear a clock but I don't see one.

I don't know where I am, and that's not particularly common. But it does seem very...I don't think familiar is the right term. Although it feels that, too. Interesting.

This isn't New York.

Hello. I'm lost.

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[synanthrope]

May I call you Robert?

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

Um. If you want to.

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[synanthrope]

I do.

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

Then, sure.

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[synanthrope]

Have you been here long?

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

Eighteen months, now.

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[synanthrope]

Is that a long time?

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

There are people who say they're at twice that and counting. It's more than the average.

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[synanthrope]

What's the average?

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

I'd guess it at less than six.

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[synanthrope]

Three times that, then.

This seems familiar.

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

This conversation? The numbers?

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[synanthrope]

The numbers.

The City.

The Warehouse and the Porshe.

It's very odd.

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

The Porsche? That belonged to some awkward kid who never appreciated what he had.

[Cough.]

It's not unusual for people here to leave and come back with their memory of the place altered. Sometimes it's gone altogether, sometimes bits are retrievable. I was thinking about looking into it, once.

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[synanthrope]

Was his name Sam Whitwicky? Because Rosella said that before it belonged to him, it belonged to me.

Looking into memory? Are you a neurologist?

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

...Then you've got taste. That was him.

And, no. But I've got a little experience in the practice of clinical hypnosis.

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[synanthrope]

Of course I do. I love cars.

Have you had any success?

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

Loving cars isn't a byword for appreciating the right ones. Look at the sales on the Boxter.

Here? Never got round to trying.

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[synanthrope]

I prefer the Spyder. But for the sake of precision - I love well-tuned, fast, intricate, stylish cars. I also like well-tailored clothes and intricate machinery.

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

We've got a few things in common.

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[synanthrope]

You want to drive my car.

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

They're in short supply.

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[synanthrope]

[There's a pause here]

Perhaps an arrangement can be made.

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[worksmart.livejournal.com]

Really?

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[synanthrope]

I would have to meet you, first. And look at the shape the car is in.