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“Interesting how fashion is cyclical,” Jaccob said when she came out of the store with two black plastic bags. “Goth was the look when I was young, too.”
“It’s not a look,” Chuck said. “I’m just wearing my feelings on the outside.”
“Uh huh.” His phone buzzed. “Hang on a second."
He rolled up his sleeve to check his HUD, but the call hadn’t come through there.
Huh. He had to pick up his phone and check the read-out, which listed a phone number: an old school page. “That’s funny…”
“Dad, you’re doing that thing again,” Chuck said.
“What thing?” Jaccob asked.
“That thing where you have to check every single doohickey you carry around.”
“I am not.” Jaccob took his hand out of his coat pocket, where he’d been reaching to check his police scanner or music player (he hadn’t decided which to use first).”
― Cobalt City Double Feature
“It’s not a look,” Chuck said. “I’m just wearing my feelings on the outside.”
“Uh huh.” His phone buzzed. “Hang on a second."
He rolled up his sleeve to check his HUD, but the call hadn’t come through there.
Huh. He had to pick up his phone and check the read-out, which listed a phone number: an old school page. “That’s funny…”
“Dad, you’re doing that thing again,” Chuck said.
“What thing?” Jaccob asked.
“That thing where you have to check every single doohickey you carry around.”
“I am not.” Jaccob took his hand out of his coat pocket, where he’d been reaching to check his police scanner or music player (he hadn’t decided which to use first).”
― Cobalt City Double Feature
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