No.6

There is this story he tells and the way it comes across, the delivery of the thing, you're pretty sure it's true. He tells it with his head tilted just so, eyes squinted closed, like he's reaching for a memory and for some reason that hurts. He stutter-steps most of it, giving plenty of ... pregnant ... pause, and it isn't for effect. He just can't wrap his mouth around the words fast enough. Twelve minutes for a three-minute story and by the end you're pretty sure it's true. But you just don't care.