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“Yeah, can’t blame you” She shifted froest person in this whole building, aside from the staff”

I tilted ht”

“Not that it’s a bad thing,” she said “I just mean, uh, you don’t really have any… peers here”

“I knohat you mean,” I said, and a smile spread acrossthat?” I asked

She blinked “What do you mean?”

“Catering,” I said, pointing at the tray

She stared at it and laughed “Oh, right, uh No, not really I ”

“Yeah? Temporary, huh? Tell me what else you do then”

She stopped fidgeting and stared right into my eyes

“I’m a journalist,” she said

I arched an eyebrow and felt a little thrill of surprise

“Journalist?” I asked

“That’s right I’ some stuff for the Inquirer and other little local papers out in the ‘burbs But I’ story, you know?”

“The big one,” I said “The one that’ll break you in”

“Right” She laughed and sht “Sounds stupid, I know”

“Doesn’t sound stupid at all,” I said “I was young and hungry Hell, I still am”