The destructiveness of the whole concept isn’t comfortable anymore. Like an old coat that’s too restrictive over the shoulders.
I ignore the conversation around me and message Bunny.
Blake
You said you wanted to do creative writing. Does that mean you like to read?
BunnytheKiller
Yeah.
Blake
Go on then. What do you read?
BunnytheKiller
Oh, you know. Murder mysteries. Thrillers.
Blake
Shop talk? I don’t believe you.
BunnytheKiller
Well, sometimes I read other things.
Blake
Like?
BunnytheKiller
Mostly classics.
Blake
Titles?
BunnytheKiller
Pride and Prejudice. To Kill a Mockingbird. The Great Gatsby.
Blake
That’s a list from an internet search for classic books. Next you’ll be telling me you love Watership Down.
BunnytheKiller
What?
Blake
It’s a children’s book about a clan of male bunnies who flee for their lives and (mostly) survive war, disease, dictatorship. They end up settling in a new place and desperate to procreate. They then kidnap female bunnies.
BunnytheKiller
That sounds terrible.
