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(...) @mekanics 
            let's see – you might have to convince me!

...   no.    you're  still  not  allowed to  go  in!

(...) @mekanics 
            hmm...  were you supposed to tell me that?

tempting,   tempting.   mm..   i  expected  as  much.   he  is  such  a  passionate  child,  abtin.  he  only  needs  a  bit  of  time  to  get  out  his  shell.   you'll  love  him,  and  he'll  love  you.    oh?   and  you  didn't  bring  me  any?

(...) @kshalumn 
            well,  now i feel like i may die if i don't give a good review.  it was ... okay.  i think.  awkward,  at first,  but when he got to talking about skating and art he really lit up. we got ice cream on the way back.

(...) @kshalumn 
            i have no objections if you want to.  are you sure?

..  no.   he's..   not  written  me  back  since  i  had  moved  here.    (...)   azizam,   id  like  to  go.

(...) @kshalumn 
            ...neither was i.   i didn't realise he had a fiancé.  by the look on your face,  you didn't either.

he  is  just..   in  an  awkward  place  right  now.   he'll  adjust,   i  promise.   it  may,   but  i  would  like  for  you  two  to  bond  /somehow/.   there  are  some  things  i  have  to  finish  up  for  work,   so  take  him  around  the  mall  afterward.   for  me,   azizam?

(...) @kshalumn 
            i know,  i know.  i just wish  my presence didn't make things more difficult for him. i don't want him to resent me.   are .. you sure that won't end awkwardly?

he's   trying  his  best,   eshgham.   moving  so  far  away  from  where  he  grew  up..   is  taking  a  toll  on  him.   (..)   why  don't  you  pick  him  up  from  his  practice  tomorrow?

/   JUMP  JUMP  anything here  &  haitham!  &  farah