Listening

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"...and that's why it's called deception."

"..."

"John?"

"Hmm?"

"I thought you were listening."

"I was until you got to the part involving dancing bears."

"There was a part with dancing bears?

"Yep."

"I thought I was explaining the meaning of the word deception."

"You were doing that in the end, yes."

"..."

"I do know what deception means, you know."

"..."

"..."

"How did I fit dancing bears in there?"

"It's a long story. You just like hearing yourself talk."

"Yes."

"Well, so do I."

"..."

"Your voice is really soothing when you're ranting all quiet like that."

"Huh."

"What?"

"I "soothe" you."

"No, your voice does. You've been blessed with the vocal chords of an angel."

"..."

"..."

"It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of Annabel Lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, in this kingdom by the sea..."

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