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[rianofski]

I'm painfully aware that you think I'm making friends in the City, but I'm afraid I have no choice but to disabuse you of that notion. Yes, there are individuals there who are...

[A sigh.]

Useful. And diverting, at times. However, I hardly think that they qualify as friends simply because I'm capable of spending five minutes speaking with them. It's not as though I've been given any other choice. One must do what one can to mitigate negative situations, after all.

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[rianofski]

I work hard, and in doing so, benefit the economy.

[forgottenmotley]

Doing what?

What is it that you physically do?

[rianofski]

A variety of things, especially related to engineering.

[forgottenmotley]

Engineeeering. So you're at construction sites working with drills and hard hats, men yelling insulting things to women and tall bits of iron reaching up into the sky?

[rianofski]

Not anymore, but I certainly have been.

[forgottenmotley]

And now?

[rianofski]

And now I do other things.

[forgottenmotley]

Cook? Juggle? Wait tables? Dance?

[pause]

I bet you're a good dancer.

[rianofski]

I am an excellent dancer, yes, though I mostly do paperwork these days.

[forgottenmotley]

Would you like to dance?

[Er. What?]