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Those two are wound tighter than a watch spring. Sooner or later the teasing will go a step too far and then... well... we'll see
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It's the WAVES man... the WAVES
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Chapter 5: The Wi-Fi Warlock & The Gardener's Petulance The blue loading bar had been stuck at 98% for twenty-three minutes. Alvin Katz sat at the kitchen table, staring at his laptop screen with the intensity of a bomb disposal expert. He was trying to upload his portfolio to a freelance platform—a desperate, sweating-in-the-middle-of-the-night attempt to prove to himself, and perhaps to the universe, that he was still an employable graphic designer and not just a warden o
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Maybe that's what Ben wants. A challenge.
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As if Ben's going to allow him to know that, all Kieran sees is what Ben allows him to see.
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Right-Then-Riley breaks through Kieran's armour and takes who he wants.
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I'm awake, i didn't over sleep... what, where?
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Chapter Five: Retail Theatre The routine had calcified over three days. In the accelerated time of Cradle Grove, three days was an era. It was enough for concrete to cure, for rumours to ossify into gospel, and for Riley to believe he had mastered the rules of the grim game they played. He arrived on Friday morning not with a scratch, but with a brisk rap. He walked in, a man with a purpose, and placed the carton of pineapple juice on the fridge shelf with the efficiency of a deliver
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tbf Alvin can make Tabby's grow just as well
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I accept no responsibility for this *ahem* piece... I blame... something else that isn't me.
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Alvin's still cooking, and isn't done yet. Tabby's just eyeing the pie through the oven door and anticipating it.
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Tabby's got his own issues, he lives outside, on a hammock in what was a little old ladies back garden. For Peter's nephew, something's up there. :: whistles innocently and kicks a stone into the pond to watch the ripples ::
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Right-Then Riley learns to adapt.
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Tabby also gets jealous, which is interesting to see.
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The world according to Tabby, who has quite strong opinions on the outside world.
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There we go, Tabby's got a nemesis
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**Chapter 4: The Shed and the Ghost** The high of the coffee and the mechanical victory lasted exactly three hours. By the time the afternoon sun began to beat down on the Doily Dungeon, baking the gingerbread trim, Alvin was crashing. The scones were gone (Tabby had eaten four, claiming his metabolism ran on "furnace rules"), and the reality of his situation was settling back in like a heavy, wool blanket. He was bored. He had fixed the compost. He had nearly dr
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I don't like Cliche, unless it's exploding shower heads... so you know. I don't like the predictable and tired tropes. Ben fascinates me at points. And the point of Riley's comments in the last chapter should provide evidence of Ben's existence.
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Ballsy if he did. I mean, posting it to the door like that, in the middle of a housing estate in England... and the fact that no one touched it... that's the crucial part. But you are presuming Ben is actually real, he might not be as @Jeff Burton suspects. I mean, Kieran could be having a mental breakdown. :: shrugs ::
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And who do you think left it?
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Everything, EVERYTHING Ben has said has been interpreted and projected upon him by Kieran. His intentions will become clear, it's the point of the story. Right-then-Riley is just as important as Ben is because, as we see in this chapter, Kieran is starting to crack with Rye. Some people just worm their way past the defenses and take root right where they want to be.
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:: pouts :: My bottle of Baileys just ran dry... meaning I am tea-totalling again for the next year. Ahh well, discipline is knowing my limits and knowing what I am allowed and not allowed. Good news, less K-pop Space Twinks till next year.
