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Jack was drinking a non-stea roo so

I was toying with the scrap of folded paper

"One thing I don&039;t get," I said, turning the paper over in ers, "is why you always blow on your coffee I ers and it would be instantly cool? Or, a better question: how is it even possible that God could burn his lips?"

"That&039;s ," said Jack

"You&039;re not going to answer, are you?"

He drank more of his coffee His eyes were brownish, reen Maybe What the hell did I knoas colorblind

"Could you heal me of my colorblindness?" I asked

"Heal yourself"

"Healbrain for a reason"

"They say we&039;re only using ninety percent," I said

"If thatabout er thanhead Or were they referring to so else? I held up the folded piece of paper

"I&039; to open this now," I said

"Go ahead"

"I&039;ve wanted to for quite sometime"

"I&039;m sure you did, but you didn&039;t"

"No," I said

"Why?"

"Because I wanted to find the answer myself"

"And did you?"

"Yes"

The kid behind the counter walked over to us and told us we had fiveAnd when the kid was gone, I unfolded the paper and looked down at the single word: Dana