Imperfections [Minizerk]

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Dan's mind travelled somewhere far off, his face going blank and not seeming to register that Josh had finally stopped talking to Freya.
I waved my hand in front of Dan's face once before realising that he should just be left to his thoughts and so I wandered back into the living room.

"Hey" Josh said, voice gravelly for some reason, at the moment unknown for me. "What did she want?" I asked, even though I could clearly hear everything as long as I was in the same room.

"Well, not much" he answered. I was about to tell him how much of a liar I knew he was being but when his eyes slowly travelled upward and held a soft pleading look, I swallowed my words and instead rolled and lit another spliff.