StringTheory27:Let’s see ...it’s just shy of midnight, and my flight’s at seven in the morning.You do the math.
DeadStrings:East Coast, then.Interesting.
StringTheory27:The Plaza, to be exact.
DeadStrings:Fancy.I don’t think I would visit that place again.
StringTheory27:Have you stayed here?
DeadStrings:If memory serves me well, I got kicked out of it a few years ago.
StringTheory27:What?How?
DeadStrings:Not my finest moment.Let’s just say alcohol, drugs, and room service don’t mix well when you’re trying to be someone you’re not.
StringTheory27:You’re a mystery full of bad decisions.
DeadStrings:And held together by duct tape and regret.So, where are you heading?
StringTheory27:The West Coast.
DeadStrings:That narrows it down to three states.Washington, Oregon, or California?
StringTheory27:I’m not going to tell you.That’d be going into specifics, and I don’t think we’re ready for that.
DeadStrings:You named my dog, but claim we’re not ready to know where we live?That’s ...weird, but I’ll accept it.Maybe it’s for the best.
StringTheory27:Which coast are you on?
DeadStrings:West, just like you, but that’s all I am saying since you’re not ready for more.
StringTheory27:I think this is enough, more so when you’re telling me you just graduated from high school.How do I know you’re not seventeen?
DeadStrings:LMAO
StringTheory27:I’m serious.
DeadStrings:I’m a high school dropout in his thirties trying to patch his life back together with duct tape and willpower.This is a teenage drama-free zone—just older mistakes.
StringTheory27:I need you to teach me how to do this life-patching thing.I think I’m running out of tape.
DeadStrings:You’re asking the wrong person.I’m just learning the basics, but we can learn together if that helps.
StringTheory27:It does.A little.
DeadStrings:You seem like you’ve got everything under control, though.I think you just expect too much from yourself.Like you’re trying to prove something.
StringTheory27:Maybe.Or maybe I’ve just spent so long letting people walk all over me because I feared they’d leave if I didn’t.
DeadStrings:That’s not weakness.That’s survival.But you deserve more than just being tolerated.
StringTheory27:Sometimes I forget that.Sometimes I think being chosen means being quiet.
DeadStrings:It doesn’t.Being chosen should never cost you your voice.
StringTheory27:Then why does it always feel like it does?
DeadStrings:Because the wrong people benefit from your silence.Doesn’t mean the right ones will.
