xaedificare:

[ She gives him a little smile, poking one foot out the side of the table. ]

“I stand at my drafting table, most the time. They’re not perfect, but they’re the best I’ve ever found. At least I’m ahead of that game, at least. And it’s not so bad, here. Everyone hates it but at least everyone’s hating it together, you know? I think if everyone was fighting… well, I’d still have to work here, but that would be a lot worse.”

[ Ariadne couldn’t make a statement like ‘that would be too much’. She had gone too many nights with an empty fridge, with bills mounting. It was a relief to have the extra money, and she could endure a lot. ]

[He peeks down towards the table and laughs. At least someone in the restaurant had thought about about their feet.]

“Definitely. Mean I’ve seen lots of the kids round here complain about their feet. You would think they would’ve thought about that but clearly I was mistaken. And yeah, you’re right. We all hate this damn place t'gether. S'not like there is one or two who love it and the rest of us are against us. I think it would be a lot worse if that ended up being the case. Luckily it’s not.”

[Or he might have found another place of employment. It wasn’t that he needed it, per se. The only reason he was there was to keep himself busy, so that he wouldn’t have to think about the things that kept him up at night.]

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