Common Conversation

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Wow, never knew he'd be here; I know; Weird huh?; Not really-; why?; I don't know. He just looks like he belongs somewhere else or something like that; that's so true!
He pocketed his phone back into his jacket.
A bird lands on a tree branch, and soon a few more follows. Then there was two, to five more swallows.
Such a beautiful day outside, but kinda chilly; yeah; wish I could just get out of these bars;
she looks at the barbed wires and the tall walls.
it's been so long; aren't you going out in a few weeks?; nuh-uh, in a few months; oh yeah, that was Rebecca-; speaking of Rebecca, did you hear the latest news?; of what; of her doing a chin check on that girl in B-97; that's old news; Really? I heard it today; outside the walls, it gets pretty slow-;

An alarm goes off.

Hey; yeah?; you're coming to visit me again, right?; I don't know; c'mon, don't you love me?; I do, but I also have children of my own; 'our' children dear, our children.

With that, it stopped.

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