{"id":6062,"date":"2024-05-26T02:05:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T02:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/?page_id=6062"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:11:20","slug":"bander-3-9-rough-rough-draft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/bander-3-9-rough-rough-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"3.8:  INMATE-ABUSIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||2px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<!-- divi:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ARCH 3.8<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201c\u2026I tried to be chill but you\u2019re so hot that I melted\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">14 Feb 2020. \u00a0All day, all night<br \/>Las Torres Mall <br \/>La Paz, Bolivia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">#Knock #knock<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWho\u2019s there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWould you like some breakfast in bed bae?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c\u2026lyin\u2019 in, a den in Bombay?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma plays back, \u201cYou so silly mi wittle hungover capuchin bear.<br \/>I can try to tempt you later maybe?\u00a0 While you run and take cover?\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWait up!\u00a0 I\u2019m coming!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{why do I like so much that she minds me like that\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;i know i&#8217;m not handsome at all, and she would be completely out of my league if it weren&#8217;t for cash making me king\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026does she really like me\u2026\u00a0 She feels good to hang around with\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026hope she\u2019s seducive today\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026willing to try again, gotta break free from this\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026fkn problem\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026maybe today will be a breakthrough for us\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026hurry up and clear your eye boogies and unlock that door.\u00a0 oh, score, there\u2019s some gum here.\u00a0 Smell check smell check\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 fk it, passable, she knows she caught me off-guard}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander yells one minute, runs around puts a fresh shirt on, pops in a gum and opens the door, warmly invites her in and approves the goods, \u201cDamn this all looks so0o0o0o0o0o nice!\u00a0 Grachias sehnioritha! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026and ooo la-la-la\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma leans in closer enough to breathe in and enjoy , gives Bander a cheerful happy-to-see-you kunik he well receives.<br \/>Walks in wearing light slightly transparent clothing, with skimpy trims. <br \/>Carry-tray loaded with Samplings of Canadian bacon and eggs, Japanese fluffy pancakes and French toast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Butter melt all over the place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some coffee, 2 bananies, a not too big but not too small bowl of oatmeal, orange slivers, and lon-lon milk.<br \/>A snack sized twix, and half-snapped cinnamon sticks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When Emma bends to prepare around things in the bed; she does a little kick, and the plates do a little cling-.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Like this \ud83e\udd42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She floats to the other side onto other stuff; fluffs a pillow, flattens a sheet. <br \/>Cute looks, curvy lines, cupid bow, super wide, inviting grins;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Like this \ud83c\udf7b<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander takes it all in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{\u2026she gotchu down so good\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026you\u2019ll never be able to get out and complain about this part of the situation you were in\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026only person to fk my life up\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.without fkn my life up\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026while spicy&#8217;ing my life up?\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hela struts in quickly right before the door got closed and makes herself comfortable in a familiar corner she made for herself in Bander\u2019s room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">EAB nest the pillows and sheets together kind of comfy; slightly awkwardly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They cozy up and eat and enjoy together; extra careful not to spill, nobody want\u2019s to do laundry today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Convo moves gently back and forth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Banter between mouth-fulls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander praises her spread and commits to making them dinner tonight if she\u2019s available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She\u2019s always open to him when not active on the darker side of her businesses, or grooming hela.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They talk about things; like genuine syrup, and how hard it is to get.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She wants him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He wants her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s his sugar mama; that&#8217;s her sugar daddy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They know it, like each other, and go together like cabinet magnets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Over the weeks, they developed a reciprocal relationship, snapping together onto each other\u2019s ideas and complimental synergy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They could both use a break from the puzzles, bizzyness and hustles they\u2019ve been up to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Too much tension get&#8217;s frustrating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Like a stuck drawer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is Emma\u2019s third try.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">First time Bander went impotent, couldn\u2019t maintain.\u00a0 <br \/>They brushed it off as first time jitters for both of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Second time was worse than the first, she thought she was better prepared, but Bander couldn\u2019t hang.\u00a0 <br \/>She had never had this problem with a partner before.<br \/>Emma&#8217;s milkshakes always brought the boys to the yard.<br \/>Doesn&#8217;t know how not to take this personal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She was left worried, self-conscious, slightly intrigued and vengeful.\u00a0 <br \/>Never had to be the relationship initiator.<br \/>\u00a0She was running with a different type of person; in a different kind of chase.<br \/>Jumping different kinds of hurdles; racing a different kind of pace.<br \/>Frequently reminded by him how complex bio-chemistry can be.<br \/>She\u2019s having grown up problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander doesn\u2019t know how to address it, himself.<br \/>Doesn\u2019t know what\u2019s happening, how it all works; can\u2019t explain it, can\u2019t perform, feels uncomfortable\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and completely unprepared to talk about it\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026while glad that she\u2019s looking to try again, baiting him in through clothing and food.\u00a0 <br \/>Easing him into the mood.\u00a0 <br \/>Maybe this time would be different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She\u2019s bugging and wanting for closure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cHey bae can I\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026touch your shoulders?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cYeah babe, thanks, that sounds nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She massages his neck, atlas and sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cI know it\u2019s hard to talk about\u2026\u00a0 [she eases in]\u00a0 \u2026okay, heads up, I\u2019ve been looking into things like this; asking around, searching up\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026I think that if you\u2019re open to working it out with me on this we can, maybe try to solve this together?\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026I\u2019m open to talking about what might be working and what might n-\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026maybe you can tell me where you at?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026about us.\u00a0 How you feelin\u2019?\u00a0 I know it\u2019s awkward, I\u2019ve never had, like, obviously, talks like this before\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026but I\u2019m down to try us out if you are\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026is it my looks?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Anime eyes, she\u2019s confident he\u2019ll be honest and direct with her.\u00a0 <br \/>He always seems to be, she doesn\u2019t expect him to be shifty about this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{wish I didn\u2019t have to\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I got so much going on\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026this is a turn off in and of itself\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026urgh, this is fkn embarrassing, fk is going on\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026whatever\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026stepping down from talking is on that coward sht again\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I\u2019m a fkn grown up, gotta show up for myself or accept help\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026she\u2019s actually doing something about this, you got nothing so far\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander gets brave and direct about it, \u201cyeah, shoot.\u00a0 Let\u2019s talk I guess\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I don\u2019t know what to tell ya though babe&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026I mean I like you; I think you\u2019re super attractive&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 ehm, you&#8217;re cute and super sexy and I like your vibes and talking with you [Bander tries smiling into her eyes a little, awkwardly and sincerely], you&#8217;re very romantic and&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 bad-ass and, like, super genious and charming&#8230; yeah, i like you like you, i also like that I admire you&#8230;\u00a0 I feel a connection that\u2019s\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;and you feel good to be around\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;thank you by the way, for all those things I appreciate about you, weird thing to say i know&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026so yeah, ehm, I know it\u2019s not you in regards to having a hard time, ehm\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0[laughs cheapishly at himself]\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;it\u2019s me, I think I\u2019m just rusty from being out the game so long and, you know\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026I\u2019m living a completely different life than I was not even a year ago and don\u2019t even, like, feel completely like the same person or view or do things the same way anymore if that makes sense?\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma sighs in huge relief, \u201cwhew!\u00a0 Okay!\u00a0 That\u2019s a good one to hear [she fans herself] sorry sorry, just, if you were not attracted to me physically that would mean that I can\u2019t\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and I want\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026sorry, this is good news to me if that makes stupid sense?&#8230;\u00a0 \u2013 [she smiles in energetic delight] my little capuchin finds me attractive and feels a connection\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[shoulders dip in delight; lip bite] \u2026and I like it when he compliments me and works things out.&#8221; [she winks at him, snuggles a little closer].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander continues, \u201c\u2026yeah, there\u2019s that in the sense that you are sexy af babe\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026but\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026situation maybe?\u00a0 You fkn own me. like, look, I\u2019m a slave right now&#8230; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026another person\u2019s property\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I got life punked by a bum with a weapon fetish, and I\u2019m playing room-mates with two femme killers, and a fkn dev that analyzed my junk on my phone and the internet&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;i&#8217;m in a mall in Bolivia\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026with lawyer dog over there [Bark and playful growl in the background]\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026Ren\u2019s cool by the way, that Sammy thing yesterday was off the hook oh my goodness; but yeah, \u00a0If I wanted to say fk all this and drop it and walk away and go back to my old life I can\u2019t do any of that you know?&#8230;\u00a0 <br \/>\u2026you robbed me\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;in so many ways, ehm.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been thinking, that makes to mixed feelings that i&#8217;m not exactly wise to right?<br \/>\u2026I\u2019m completely alone in this problem\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026nobody out there to guide me out of this with first hand experiences and pointers&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma shrinks in shame a little.\u00a0 Excuses herself,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201ci\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026you\u2019re right.\u00a0 That\u2019s, that\u2019s all true\u2026\u00a0 [she flashes Bander a playful scary v eye\u2019s stare]\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026that ass is mine dough [laughs] I gotz zee paperz.\u00a0\u00a0 [they ease into the ironic ugly-romantic comedy of it all and laugh along]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026of course you must be frustrated at me, for my part in all of this\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026I\u2019m totally using you\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026if it makes you feel any better, I didn\u2019t want this dough\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander follows up immediately, \u201cwhadd\u2019ya mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cI never wanted to get married, or planned to.\u00a0 My brother and I always thought it was the dumbest thing ever.\u00a0 Like, why would you do that?\u00a0 The whole concept and idea is\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026bander finishes it off.\u00a0 \u201cso ludicrous it\u2019s lucrative\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma smiles at that, \u201cyeah, we figured that\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026if you love somebody, and they love you, you support each other on what they want to do\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026and being good players at the give and take game\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026and it\u2019s as simple as that; so why ever add bends to a straightforward thing?&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u2026the marriage cult is just\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026ick.\u00a0 And doesn\u2019t add anything valuable to a healthy relationship, at all\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026you know?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026so when your case kicked my door down all the way in colombia\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026fkn mosa\u2026<br \/>\u2026plan A was to black widow you actually\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026the billions and assets alone were a huge boost for me and you being alive would\u2019ve been a liability, [Hela barks in her corner], you shush now!\u00a0 Haha, yeah, no, she\u2019s right; we weren\u2019t going to let some random billionaire go running aroun&#8217; talking them tales, that would\u2019a been spectacularly stupid\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026you can even ask Ren, he knows a guy who could make fake ai videos of our wedding and you taking your last glide and everything\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[she laughs a little psychotically]\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026you know, for your fans\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{\u2026well sht\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I don\u2019t know how this is supposed to be helping\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026this plan B of ours here is because of what you were doing out there bae\u2026 \u00a0The more I learned about you, the more you got my attention\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026as someone worth keeping alive\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026so yeah, marrying and disposing you would have just been business and waaaay more efficient, but me flying over here to you, i did that for pleasure, that won over the risks in my head.\u00a0 You being alive is because i like what you have to offer, and admire you, in many different ways, and falling for you&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;feeling like I need you&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;does that makes sense?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026oh my, that\u2019s gotta fk with your head so much&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;it does mine\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander brings up rejectingly\u2026. \u201cit does\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;it fkn does&#8230;\u00a0 \u2026it fks everything up..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026but\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026it\u2019s been fkd up before you even showed up.\u00a0 I\u2019m surprised I\u2019m still alive actually; if you hadn\u2019t, done that\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I still wouldn\u2019t be free of anything\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026mosa and Cassandro were not people that leave loose ends lying around either&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026they don&#8217;t give a fk, kinda like, how it&#8217;s scary to know how easy and fast it is for you to not give a fk you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma fixes her loose hair back a little nervously, \u00a0\u201c\u2026I\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I can understand you\u2026\u00a0 \u2026and them\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026but I actually do, really do\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026care about you if you can believe that?\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">like, obviously, everything about this has been forced and I\u2019m like, this weird master wife kidnapper person; thing\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and yeah, it\u2019s fkd up babe, I get it\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I try my best to make this as not weird as possible\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026okay, maybe I\u2019ve been making it a little weird, cuz, I like you so much, but yeah, this is all fkd up not just for you but for me also\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I don\u2019t do this because I like it, I do this because I don\u2019t know or seem to have any other rational way\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026like\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026when I killed my first, I wondered, what my twinsy would think of how far I\u2019ve gone\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026after that the second and third and so forth everything was easier\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and I stopped wondering\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{\u2026this totally isn\u2019t fkn helping\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I keep forgetting how scary her pulpa side is\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;i tell her that i&#8217;m scared she will get into not give a fk mode in whatever kind of relationship you call this, and this is the answer she gives me&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;wtf}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma resumes a tiny bit emotional but composed, \u201cbut now, yeah\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026I keep wondering about this situation between us and\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026I don\u2019t like this situation at all and it\u2019s not something I\u2019m proud of\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I\u2019m using you, to get out of all this\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026because you got something with you and that something tells me that\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026what you want, and can do, will help me get what I want, and get me\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and my whole crew out of this crazy loop\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{of all the psychos, I get the one that won\u2019t rest until she ends the Marines and solves the cycle of wage violence as a side quest\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and of all the fkn things, the fkn Marines; specifically\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026seriously, how do I find myself in these situations\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and if there was a way, she would find it, I best believe it&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;she&#8217;s literally using me to do it}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma reflects on them together, \u201c\u2026I think that, you plus me, we equal better math.\u00a0 I know like, the way I are might not be everything you may be looking for\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;i&#8217;m sure there are parts of me and the life i live that are a major turn off&#8230;\u00a0 \u2026I mean, I\u2019m so, like, flattered and feeling lucky that you find me attractive to begin with\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She likes knowing he finds her desirable, that her energies spent in role playing and luring aren\u2019t going to waste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She likes to be received and appreciated for her efforts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They both like having someone close, the physical contact and touch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Being able to get each other&#8217;s jokes and pop-culture references, and their own inside jokes and accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{her making the guam thing a reality show was sexy af\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026she understands you\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026fast, she can summarize your sht and\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ..helps you advance it\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026dude\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026she does makes you better\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026so&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;what&#8217;s up?\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;try to see if you can bander it}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma realizes, \u201coh dear, I\u2019ve been talking all about me\u2026\u00a0 \u2026bae, what do you think\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026how do you think we can make this situation better for us?\u00a0\u00a0 Like, what\u2019s the most win-win even stevens way?\u00a0 For both of us to get out of this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander speaks up\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cthat\u2019s\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026a good question\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026you\u2019re crazy, but dammit I like you, and\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026somehow, with you, I feel like we can\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026I like to think sometimes on what it could be like if we both keep helping each other\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 what\u2019ll come out of it\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026another thing is\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026we\u2019re just players in this bigger game\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026I think we both lost control a long time ago\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026can you imagine? \u00a0What the future holds for us?&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I guess maybe what I always come back to is\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026can I trust you babe?\u00a0 Like, in not killing me?\u00a0 Do you have any borders and boundaries with me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma\u2019s taken back by the perspective\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026melts a little bit into him. <br \/>Looks for his heartbeat with her ear lobe radar first, before speaking:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cget me my opening bae\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and I\u2019ll do whatever you want or say\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026I know you can do it and; I gotchu\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026you can always trust me on that\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026that your success is my success and\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.I want get to know you more than we have already been knowing each other [she looks up, eye brows, wink-wink].\u00a0 &#8230;I don&#8217;t want to hurt you at all, or ever&#8230; &#8230;i just want to win, and help you win&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;you wanna do some winning with me bae?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander is feeling calmer about things\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026excited even.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma is lost in thought, resting her head on his chest, hair loose everywhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Her hands tugging at different parts of his shorts subconsciously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander purrs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma closes her eyes and purrs back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma does a squeeze thing that feels good, spikes everywhere under his skin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{hell yeah!&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026Bander\u2019s fkn back!\u00a0 Fo\u2019 sho fo\u2019 sho gonna get it!\u00a0 Bander up this spicy little pancake nymph!<br \/>I think we are going to have a good time yo, I can feel it\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026fkn finally.\u00a0 What happens if I put my hand- yeaaaaaaah\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.she likes that, and what if I reach over here and-}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cBae!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWhat?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma excitedly speaks her mind, \u201coh my goodness, I think I got it!\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026remember we are having a hard time with the logistics of all of this?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Like, where and how are we going to build when every corner on earth is under some kind of property or national ideological system for starters?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201coh\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026yeah, yeah, wherever we set up any kind of base, the host authority is expected to be hostile, and the neighboring authorities indifferent, making starting anything a crap-shoot and a sitting duck in the dark\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cyes!\u00a0 But get this now\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026the borders between countries, that\u2019s neutral space and hard and confusing to determine, mostly invisible, or usually a river or something, which if there&#8217;s a river that&#8217;s an automatic awesome for transportation\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026so lets just take over all the borders on earth, just advertize it as belonging to everyone on earth, we all own the fkn borders and those are freedom spaces.\u00a0 That means that refugees from any country have a safe space, an escape room for everybody from the host and neighboring nations, and that would create automatic connection for everyone to the ocean, while at the same time surrounding the nations themselves&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 like an ideological nuse strategy or landlock effect&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;Remember that logistic\u2019s system you were kicking around, the one with the amphibious truck train thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe one where the lead car pulls as much survive and thrive themed carts as it can using steam power, and the world competes to build the top model with the most efficient and practical fuel system?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the one!\u00a0 Okay, so now, imagine on the borders, different borders around the world, we have parts for this\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026what did we call it again?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander, amused, \u201c\u2026Babe&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;you were the one that kept calling them Hug Bugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma reacts, \u201cThose the ones!\u00a0 So how hard can it be?\u00a0 It\u2019s big-ass tires, a steam engine for that train level power and torque, add a heat box for whatever catalyst you want to put in there, or just find whatever works to get heat into it, i heard nuclear batteries are a thing now\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and a sht ton of those aircrete shipping containers can get pulled\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026it can deliver housing, containers of libraries of materials, tools, knowledge, and overall simplify trade like you said\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026can you put antennas on it for that internet thing you were talking about it?\u00a0 So we can be a hot-spot for the world?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{what the fk, I swear, I\u2019m the most cockblocked mf on the whole fkn planet, I swear, god\u2019s a fkn woman and she hates me.\u00a0 she hates me, she hates me, she fkn hates me, I\u2019m so fkn sorry, i get it, i&#8217;m getting some kind of karma bull sht put on me, but if you are out there wonderwoman, just know that I\u2019m fkn sorry, wtf\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026but damn her idea is fkn good\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026this is it, yeah, defining the borders as a neutral space would make sense to any half-wit and the poors out there\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026the border\u2019s create a highway of sorts, and the hug bugs can penetrate pretty much anywhere with that mindset\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and maintenance and supply and fabrication spots along the fkn borders\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;aircrete resists bullets and can float, paddless can be bolted onto the vehicle wheels&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;.we&#8217;re talking about an overnight global supply chain and accessibility, simply by taking ownership of the fkn borders, i mean, the fkn map is already drawn out talk about being on the same page&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026oh sht\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.she just found a way to unlock and surround entire countries\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026she\u2019s a fkn sexy tactical genius\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I totally wanna bang her brains out} \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander supports her initiative, \u201cyou are hitting it right babe\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ..we gotta get as much as possible on the fundamental materials, like, we doing at least two plays here.\u00a0 We are doing the Carnegie vertical integration, as we own both the raw and the finished side of the product, also, the Crowley approach that\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026yo, if we can make it so that these all terrain trains can fo\u2019 sho\u2019 be able to chug through any clime and place\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026even have ocean routes like..\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026a lot of these large machines that non-stop are circulating the globe and oceans making transport and trade globally\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0fkn\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026accessible.\u00a0\u00a0 Babe, you fkn hit it.\u00a0 This is a big deal, this approach would slap hard, we gotta develop this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma gives him another eskimo kiss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cTold you you make me better bae\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026but hey\u2026 \u00a0[Emma gets up and ready to leave.\u00a0 Bander gets up and helps her with the plates] \u00a0I\u2019m going to look a little more into this, I gotta check out some of those maps for some locations\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026but I also have a few calls to make and step out for a moment on some other stuff, you know, sorry&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;.I tried to be available today but i can&#8217;t wait on this\u2026\u00a0 [emma motions at the plates] \u2026could you?\u00a0\u00a0 [Bander assures her he will take care of the plates.\u00a0 [when he moved the plates, sht went \ud83c\udf7a]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma takes a moment at the doorway, Bander next to her plates in hand, she let&#8217;s her wishes be known;\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026Bae, tonight, you know what I think I would like?\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026[she looks him and runs her hand over his hair.]\u00a0 &#8230;I wants to be swooned\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Write me a poem, guys still do that right?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander leans in dead serious and deepens his voice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cHey babe, look over here; eyes please, before you go over wherever it was you were going to go over to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma reacts surprised, gave him a toad face moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026babe sweet babe, my jungle hiraeth, lovely, serendipity, silhouette.<br \/>don\u2019t go.\u00a0 Stay. <br \/>Be my valentines&#8217; today\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{yeah!\u00a0 take that!\u00a0 and what!?\u00a0 that counts as poetry.\u00a0 thought you would catch me sleepin&#8217; on that eh ya little hotty}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma looks every which side ways, bites her smile, and runs up to shower kisses to her spontaneous little capuchin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201ctext me that!\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what you said exactly, but text it to me and yes!\u00a0 I\u2019ll be your valentine&#8217;s bae!\u00a0 She smiles and holds his hand apologizing, sorry, I gotta go do that thing bae\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026but you got me tonight\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026hook me up with a light dinner for me please, small salad, my room okay?\u00a0\u00a0 Be there at eight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They unstick from each other with difficulty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma leaves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander is feeling good despite getting blue balled hard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Walks around his room, thinking up storms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He lays down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Admires le&#8217; nafta disagreement,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s loaded now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At the ready, above his bed frame.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It works.\u00a0 He knows how to use it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reminisces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{\u2026fk that guy\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026show the world what real intelligence looks like\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026solve the social strat problem\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026those paperz won\u2019t matter in this other world we are building\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026everything else will follow&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;solving the problem that solves all the other problems}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That same morning after Emma was done with the kitchen, Mosa went in and made herself an egg and cheese tortilla breakfast.\u00a0 <br \/>As well as coffee.\u00a0 Cream.\u00a0 Milk.\u00a0 Sugar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She cleaned up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She sat in wait.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Patiently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She looks at the drawing board maps of the globe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The blackfoot and social stratification pyramids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pins everywhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She knows her son is out there somewhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She\u2019ll find him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No shortage of resolve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Her will to fight raging in her seat, as she takes another sip; patiently in wait for her next stepping stone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren finally came out his room and went to the bathroom, not knowing he was being waited on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa puts some fresh coffee to brew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When Ren comes out, she calls him over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren complies, happily, glad to see her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They gave their good mornings, and how was their rest routine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa asks him how he likes his coffee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cHot, with an ice cube\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa smiles at him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Serves him just that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Awkward silence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren looks at the board while he sips.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He\u2019s a little nervous, so many things he has to do and organize, but he has personal priorities as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This isn\u2019t his cup of tea, he has never left China before, the safety of his familiar environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the crush of his life in front of him is being nice, but he knows she doesn\u2019t care about him, she only wants one thing.\u00a0 And he respects that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He also has a gift for her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cHey Mosa, how\u2019s your afternoon looking like today?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa assures him she is available for him all day, anytime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cI has something for you and\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026I think\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026it\u2019ll help with baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa\u2019s eyes widen up, gets soft, and she says nothing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWhere would you like to-\u201c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa interrupts \u201cmy room is okay, now okay, i mean, after your coffee?\u00a0 Can i make you a quesadilla and then you come with me and bring coffee and quesadilla?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa already was quickly putting together 6 egg quesadillas for him, she didn&#8217;t want him to feel hungry in any way; she needed his full attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren blushes, looks away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He didn&#8217;t want her to trouble herself, but her insistence made him think that this would make her feel better over this awkward interaction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThat&#8217;s very nice of you, thank you, i can&#8217;t wait to try it.\u00a0 I&#8217;mma get the equipment ready, be right back\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa nods, smiles at him professionally, hiding perfectly her nervous state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren only took 5 minutes to pack the things, on his way back to the kitchen Mosa called him over from her room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He humbly walks in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She has a little bamboo bed.\u00a0 The whole room is like a miniature factory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There&#8217;s a sewing machine.\u00a0 Specialized tools lying about.\u00a0 A few arapaima fish scale armor clothing as well as oobleck plates were presented neatly in a corner, ready for use by her supporting family and friends that settled secretly near and far around the mall location.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There was a basket full of bullets; with snail teeth baking powder super glued to the business ends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She pushed work materials to the side on a table and made space for Ren&#8217;s extra cheesy breakfast and a fresh coffee with an icecube and a small marshmallow addition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He made space on the table and showed her a high speed low drag laptop as a gift with a gift.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">While he ate, he pointed out how the software uploaded into this purpose built laptop works.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was able to hack into major corporate camera systems currently in use, from banks to police, to retail stores.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa watched attentively as Ren showed her between quesadilla bites and coffee sips how hovering over areas using google maps they could explore points of interest and the cameras would open up at that location, and rewinds on past dates could be performed where the system found available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;I think everyone should have easy access to the public cameras that record them out there, so that issues like ours are solved immediately&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa quickly was taking over and typing in dates and locations, looking for patterns, this was it, she was making real progress, tears of desperation are blurring her vision&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;she wipes them off and keeps exploring in furious calm over the software and the images and clues it was providing, and quickly answering unanswered questions she had before.<br \/>questions that nobody were willing to help with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the next 9 hours Ren is ignored completely, except for the few times she asks for further explanation and use of the software, and to loop pepe in on access.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He excused himself from her that night, offered he was available at any time, to just knock and he would be there; she nodded him away almost rudely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa worked hunched over the laptop without rest over the next 3 days, putting things from everywhere together, connecting dots.\u00a0 Every now and then at different random times asking for help from Ren.\u00a0 She didn&#8217;t sleep.\u00a0 Didn&#8217;t eat.\u00a0 He was there for her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren went all out on the group project, and a personal side project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">On the fourth day after valentines, he found her exhausted, disconnecting, incoherent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren steps in, intervenes with his heart on his sleeves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Hey, i&#8217;m your friend in this.\u00a0 I&#8217;m with you scout.\u00a0 You can trust me&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;you need to rest now&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;we&#8217;ll find baby, it&#8217;s going to be okay&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa looks at him, eyes blood shot, mouth unbrushed, hair unkept, pathetic posture, unsure if him being there with her is a reality right now or another awake dream she has been experiencing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She tried to speak but ended up babbling a bit and communicating nothing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She wanted to know if what she heard was truth, if it was okay to rest?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa fainted in Ren&#8217;s arms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren picked her up effortlessly, gingerly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He puts her to bed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When she woke up, he was there for her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He showed up with 1 food break a day, helping her brainstorm angles they could explore to find baby while she ate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She continued to work herself to exhaustion as a norm; and he was there to receive her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Consistently.\u00a0 Warmly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This became a routine for them as she continued to make slow and laborious progress in finding baby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Until Covid hit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">like some kind of celebrity. emma.\u00a0 but different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARCH 3.8 \u201c\u2026I tried to be chill but you\u2019re so hot that I melted\u2026\u201d 14 Feb 2020. \u00a0All day, all nightLas Torres Mall La Paz, Bolivia #Knock #knock \u201cWho\u2019s there?\u201d \u201cWould you like some breakfast in bed bae?\u201d \u201c\u2026lyin\u2019 in, a den in Bombay?!\u201d Emma plays back, \u201cYou so silly mi wittle hungover capuchin bear.I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">ARCH 3 CHPT 9<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u201c\u2026I tried to be chill but you\u2019re so hot that I melted\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">14 Feb 2020. \u00a0All day, all night<br>Las Torres Mall<br>La Paz, Bolivia<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">#Knock #knock<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cWho\u2019s there?\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cBreakfast in bed bae?\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201c\u2026strange lady rent in Bombaaaaaay?!\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cYou so silly mi wittle hungover capuchin bear; is now an okay time to surprise visit you?&nbsp; I can try again later maybe, while you run and take cover?\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>{why do I like so much that she minds me like that\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026she feels good to hang around with\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026hope she\u2019s seducive today\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026willing to try again\u2026&nbsp; \u2026gotta break free from this\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026fkn problem\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026maybe today will be a breakthrough for us\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026hurry up and clear your eye buggies and get the door\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026oh, score, there\u2019s some gum here.&nbsp; Smell check smell check\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026fk it, passable, she knows she caught me off-guard}<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bander yells one minute, runs around puts a fresh shirt on, pops in a gum and opens the door, warmly invites her in and approves the goods, \u201cDamn babe, you put a lot of work into this\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026grachias sehnioritha! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026and ooo la-la-la\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Emma leans on him, gives Bander a cheerful happy-to-see-you kunik he well receives.<br>Walks in wearing light slightly transparent clothing, with skimpy trims.<br>Carrying a tray full of bacon and eggs and Japanese fluffy pancakes and French toast samplings.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Butter melt all over the place.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Some coffee, 2 bananies, a little bowl of oatmeal, orange slivers, and lon-lon milk.<br>A snack sized twix, and half-snapped cinnamon sticks.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">When Emma bends to prepare around things in the bed; she does a little kick, and the plates do a little cling-.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Like this \ud83e\udd42<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">And as she moves to the other side onto other stuff, fluffs a pillow, flattens a sheet,<br>Cute looks, curvy lines, inviting grins;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Like this \ud83c\udf7b<br><br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bander takes it all in.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>{\u2026she gotchu down so good\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026you\u2019ll never be able to get out and complain about this part of the situation you were in\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026checkmate is checkmate\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026no shame in being beaten by the best\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026only person to fk my life up\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026.without fkn my life up\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026while spicing my life up\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Hela struts in quickly right before the door got closed and makes herself comfortable in a familiar corner she made for herself in Bander\u2019s room.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bander and Emma nest the pillows and sheets together kind of comfy; slightly awkwardly.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">They cozy up and eat and enjoy together; extra careful not to spill, nobody want\u2019s to do laundry today.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Convo moves gently back and forth.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Banter between mouth-fulls.<br><br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bander praises her spread and commits to making dinner tonight if she\u2019s available.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">She\u2019s always open to him when not active on the darker side of her businesses, or grooming hela.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">They talk about stuff, like genuine syrup, and how hard it is to get.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">She wants him.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">He wants her.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">They know it, like each other, and go together like cabinet magnets.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Over the weeks, they developed a reciprocal relationship, snapping together each other\u2019s ideas and compliments as they synergized forward, towards something bigger than them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br>They could both use a break from the puzzles, biz and hustles they\u2019ve been up to.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Too much tension; binding gears.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">And the frustrations.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This is Emma\u2019s third try.<br>First time Bander went impotent, couldn\u2019t maintain.&nbsp;<br>They brushed it off as first time jitters for both of them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Second time was worst than the first, she thought she was better prepared, but Bander couldn\u2019t hang.&nbsp;<br>She had never had this problem with a partner before.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">She was left worried, self-conscious, slightly intrigued and vengeful.&nbsp;<br>Never had to be a relationship initiator before.<br>&nbsp;She was running with a different type of person; in a different kind of chase.<br>Jumping different kinds of hurdles; heart racing at a different kind of pace.<br>Frequently reminded by him how complex chemistry really is.<br>And her blind side; illusion of explanatory depth.<br>She was having grown up problems.<br><br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">He doesn\u2019t know how to address it.&nbsp; Doesn\u2019t know what\u2019s happening, can\u2019t explain it, can\u2019t perform, feels uncomfortable\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026and completely unprepared to talk about it\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026glad that she\u2019s looking to try again, speaking subtly to him through clothing and food.&nbsp;<br>Easing him into the mood.&nbsp;<br>Maybe this time would be different.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">She\u2019s searching for closure.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cHey bae can I\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026touch your shoulders?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cYeah babe, thanks, that sounds nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">She massages his neck and sides.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cI know it\u2019s hard to talk about bae\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026heads up, I\u2019ve been looking into things like this; asking around\u2026&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026I think that if you\u2019re open to working on this we can\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026maybe try to solve some things together?&nbsp; I\u2019m open to see what works\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026maybe you can tell me where you at?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026about us.&nbsp; How you feelin\u2019?&nbsp; I know it\u2019s awkward, I\u2019ve never had, you know, obviously, talks like this before\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026but I\u2019m down to try us out if you are\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026is it my looks?\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>{wish I didn\u2019t have to\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I got so much going on\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026this is a turn off in and of itself\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026urgh, this is fkn embarrassing, fk is going on\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026whatever\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026stepping down from talking is a step down\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I\u2019m a grown up, gotta show up for myself or accept help\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026she\u2019s actually doing something about this, you got nothing so far\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bander gets brave and direct about it, \u201cyeah, shoot.&nbsp; Let\u2019s talk I guess\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I don\u2019t know what to tell ya though babe...&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026I mean I like you, like, I think you\u2019re attractive, I mean, you cute and sexy and I like your vibes and talking with you [Bander smiles into her eyes a little, awkwardly and sincerely], I feel a connection that\u2019s\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026different that I like\u2026&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026.you feel good\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026so I know it\u2019s not you\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026your looks and ways are not exactly\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026it\u2019s me in that sense and even though I don\u2019t know exactly what it is i\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I think you are super pretty cool\u2026-\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Emma sighs in huge relief, \u201cwhew!&nbsp; Okay!&nbsp; That\u2019s a good one to hear [she fans herself] sorry sorry, just, if you were not attracted to me physically that would mean that I can\u2019t\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026and I want\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026sorry, this is good news to me \u2013 [she smiles in delight] my little capuchin finds me attractive and feels a connection\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[lip bite] \u2026and I like it when he compliments me and works things out [she winks at him, snuggles a little closer].\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bander continues, \u201c\u2026yeah, there\u2019s that in the sense that you are sexy af babe\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026but\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;\u2026situation maybe?&nbsp; You fkn own me.&nbsp; I\u2019m not just, like\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I\u2019m a slave right now... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026another person\u2019s property. &nbsp;If I wanted to say fk all this and drop it and walk away and go back to my old life I can\u2019t do any of that you know?&nbsp; And you pretty much own all my money\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026you robbed me\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I\u2019ve been thinking, that gives me mixed feelings right?\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Emma shrinks in shame a little.&nbsp; Excuses herself,<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201ci\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026you\u2019re right.&nbsp; That\u2019s, that\u2019s all true\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I robbed your ass, kinda saved your ass and then slaved that ass at the same time\u2026&nbsp; [she flashes Bander a playful scary stare]&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026that ass is mine and I gots all the paperz for it.&nbsp;&nbsp; [they ease into the ironic comedy of it and laugh with it]&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;\u2026of course you must be frustrated at me, for my part in all of this\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026I\u2019m totally using you\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2026and you, of course\u2026 &nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2026if it makes you feel any better, I didn\u2019t want this neither\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bander follows up immediately, \u201cwhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cI never wanted to get married, or planned to.&nbsp; My brother and I always thought it was the dumbest thing ever.&nbsp; Like, why would you do that?&nbsp; The whole concept and idea is\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2026bander finishes it off.&nbsp; \u201cas ludicrous as it\u2019s lucrative\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Emma smiles at that. \u201cyeah, we figured that\u2026&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026if you love somebody, and they love you, you support each other what they want to do\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026and it\u2019s as simple as that...&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026the marriage cult is just\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026ick.&nbsp; And doesn\u2019t add anything to a healthy relationship\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026at all\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2026when your case kicked my door in all the way in colombia\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\u2026plan A was to black widow you actually\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026the billions are a huge boost to me and you running around would have been a liability, [Hela barks in her corner], you shush now!&nbsp; Haha, yeah, no, she\u2019s right, we weren\u2019t going to let some random billionaire live to tell some tales, that would have been stupid\u2026&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026you can even ask Ren, we were contemplating using fake ai videos of our wedding and you taking your last glide and everything\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>{\u2026well sht\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I don\u2019t know how this is helping\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;\u2026plan B was because of what you were doing out there\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026the more I learned about you, the more you got my attention\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026as someone worth keeping alive\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;\u2026so yeah, marrying you was just business... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026you being alive, and falling for you, is the same reason I need you, if that makes sense?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026oh my\u2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026that\u2019s gotta fk with your head so much\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bander brings up rejectingly\u2026. \u201cit fkn does\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026fks everything up..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026but, it\u2019s been fkd up before you even showed up.&nbsp; I\u2019m surprised I\u2019m still alive actually; if you hadn\u2019t shown up I still wouldn\u2019t be free of anything or go back to where it was\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026mosa and Cassandro were not people that leave loose ends lying around...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026like you\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Emma continues \u201c\u2026I\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I can understand you\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">like, obviously, everything about this has been forced and I\u2019m like, this weird master wife kidnapper or something\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026and yeah, it\u2019s fkd up babe, I get it\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I try my best to make this as not weird as possible\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026not just for you, but for me also\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I don\u2019t do this because I like it, I do this because I don\u2019t know any other way\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2026when I killed my first, I wondered, what my twinsy would think of how far I\u2019ve gone\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026after that the second and third and so forth everything was easier\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026and I stopped wondering\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>{\u2026this totally isn\u2019t fkn helping\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I keep forgetting how scary her pulpa side is\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Emma resumes a tiny bit emotional but composed, \u201cbut now,&nbsp; yeah\u2026&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026I don\u2019t like this situation at all and it\u2019s not something I\u2019m proud of\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I\u2019m using you, to get out of all this\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026because you got something with you and that something tells me that\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026what you want, and can do, will help me get what I want, and get me out of this crazy loop\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>{of all the psychos, I get the one that won\u2019t rest until she takes down the Marines\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026of all fkn things, the fkn Marines; specifically\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026seriously, how do I find myself in these situations\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026and if there was a way, she would find it, I best believe it}<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Emma reflects on them together, \u201cI think that, you plus me, we equal better math.&nbsp; I know like, the way I are might not be everything you looking for\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026I mean, I\u2019m so, like, flattered and feeling lucky that you find me attractive\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>{her make the guam thing a reality show was sexy af\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026she understands you\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026fast, she can summarize your sht and\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..helps you advance\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026dude\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026she does makes you better\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026she feels good to\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026try to see if you can bander it}<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Emma realizes, \u201coh dear, I\u2019ve been talking all about me\u2026&nbsp; \u2026bae, what do you think\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2026how do you think we can make this situation better for us?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What\u2019s the most win-win even stevens way?&nbsp; For both of us to get out of this?\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph 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