he got distracted by science homework, and extra credit ; chewing on the end of his pencil on the couch in the common area, gaze gliding over the pages of the textbook.
he's made coffee, too, but it's sitting in the coffeemaker, cold and forgotten.
stupid question โฆ ? that'd be a stupid question, wouldn't it. lame. childish. he can't ask that just like that. coffee. ask about coffee, like a normal person.
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why is this suddenly complicated.
he's thinking about two whales, and specifically the pancakes ...... he doesn't want to go alone, though, that's boring.
but he's not sure who to ask for company. lynn would probably come. or he could ask cody. or โฆ astrid, possibly. does she eat pancakes ? is that a +