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I'm Chad Piercewell.
:18:05
It's nice to meet you.
You're new here, aren't you?
:18:09
Don't be embarrassed.
We're all new sometime, right?
:18:13
That's a lovely blouse.
:18:18
It's John Merrick. It's the only thing
I can think of the whole time.
:18:22
I'm sitting across
from the fucking Elephant Man.
:18:26
She's attractive, though, right?
:18:28
Yeah, I guess.
I would say yeah.
:18:31
- Tall?
- Kind of average...
:18:34
but you should see her going at it...
:18:36
working to put
the simplest sounds together.
:18:39
A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y is like
the Holy Grail to this poor wretch.
:18:44
After about 15 minutes...
:18:46
I can't watch any more saliva
form in the corner of her mouth...
:18:49
or I'm gonna lose my taco salad.
:18:52
- But was she nice? I mean...
- Nice? Yeah.
:18:57
- Sweet, giving, all those things.
- That's good.
:19:00
One of the kindest people I've ever had
spray spit in my face.
:19:08
- Are you re-grouting in there?
- I'm coming.
:19:11
Jesus.
:19:13
So, tell me. What else?
:19:15
I get her entire family history jotted
down on a series of bar napkins...
:19:20
because finally,
I asked her to stop talking...
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because it would be easier to write.
:19:24
So now I'm reading these things
all night, playing 20 Questions.
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Family lived in Germany,
the air force.
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She lost her hearing
at eight or something like that.
:19:35
She's got some sister
doing fieldwork, a Ph.D.
:19:39
I saw her picture.
Big horsey-looking bitch.
:19:44
Ask to see it if you get the chance.
:19:47
Anyway, on and on. It was endless.
:19:49
Dinner?
:19:52
Yeah, we ate. Guess who doesn't reach
for her purse when the check comes.
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- Movie?
- No. Work night.
:19:59
Besides, I'm starting out easy.