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D had a drink at some point in titepockets, which raisd her total for the evening to two. one too many to drive, she maintaind, despite sevral opinions to the contrary.
—who s gona drive? [ andy askd ]
—nobody [ D said ] we can take booty-d’s van.
—booty-d? [ i said ] as in booty dharma?
—yeppers.
—the guy who useto do athens quotes? [ me ]
—howd you hearbout athensquotes? [ D ]
—on the internet.
—seriusly, how?
—D [ andy ]
—what?
—he use to do it over there.
—over where? [ me ] i thought he was from athens.
face gettin cold scalp tinglin—
—he is dude, relax. your visage is pallid.
what is goin on?
andy caught me before i realized i was falling.
—breathe in your a flower, al. breathe out your a cloud.
i tried
but i didnt have control over my breath
over anything.
heart racing head spinnin
blood swishin around a hundred miles an hour
my body understood what my brain couldnot—
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ext. titepockets. nite.
i’m lyin on my back, lookinup at the sky.
sevral peeple stand over me, including a
realyshort giantess.
GIANTESS
you awake?
ME
did i passout?
GIANTESS
jusfor a second y’did. its nuthin to
worry bout, happens all the time.
ME
what happens all the time?
—peeple passout [ D said ] when they
first get here.
— that doesnt make sen$&
blood drainin from my head,
had to lay back down.