muto mentem
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Luca Langlois had a running theory that very few people actually liked lunch. Breakfast was great because it was the first meal after you stopped trying to sleep. Dinner was great because you ate it around the time you started flagging; you could use it to take a short break and change gears for the night shift. Lunch was the meal everyone would skip if they could. Which made it the ideal meal for socializing.
That was why, on a very brisk Friday, at approximately 11:40 AM, Luca Langlois was standing outside the door to the cafeteria, attempting to psych herself up.
Good evening, Ms. Knight! I’ve got some questions for you. She mimed clicking her new tape recorder on. Thought for a moment. Then grimaced. Click.
“Sounds like I’m about to start debriefing her. She’ll hate that. Probably. Try again.”
Oh, hi, Adrianna! How’s it going? Spoken to your brother, lately? I was just thinking about him–
“--Ew, no. What?” Click.
Wow! Fancy meeting you here! How’s your [injured body part; perform visual inspection on site]? Great! Thanks! While I have you, can I ask you some other questions? Click.
“God. Kill me.” Planning this sort of thing was always so much harder than actually executing it. And, well, she had time, but not that much time. She’d arrived late, to make sure Adrianna was already in there, eating, so that she couldn’t avoid her as easily. But it only took so long to eat, and you didn’t linger on lunch; you ate it fast, to get it over with.
Probably a good mindset to adopt, here. Luca braced herself, and pushed through the doors.
“Hey! Ms. Knight!” She slammed down into the chair opposite Adrianna, without bothering to grab a tray. “How’s it going? Nine doing okay?”
That was why, on a very brisk Friday, at approximately 11:40 AM, Luca Langlois was standing outside the door to the cafeteria, attempting to psych herself up.
Good evening, Ms. Knight! I’ve got some questions for you. She mimed clicking her new tape recorder on. Thought for a moment. Then grimaced. Click.
“Sounds like I’m about to start debriefing her. She’ll hate that. Probably. Try again.”
Oh, hi, Adrianna! How’s it going? Spoken to your brother, lately? I was just thinking about him–
“--Ew, no. What?” Click.
Wow! Fancy meeting you here! How’s your [injured body part; perform visual inspection on site]? Great! Thanks! While I have you, can I ask you some other questions? Click.
“God. Kill me.” Planning this sort of thing was always so much harder than actually executing it. And, well, she had time, but not that much time. She’d arrived late, to make sure Adrianna was already in there, eating, so that she couldn’t avoid her as easily. But it only took so long to eat, and you didn’t linger on lunch; you ate it fast, to get it over with.
Probably a good mindset to adopt, here. Luca braced herself, and pushed through the doors.
“Hey! Ms. Knight!” She slammed down into the chair opposite Adrianna, without bothering to grab a tray. “How’s it going? Nine doing okay?”
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