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« Oct 20, 2015 21:55:24 GMT -6 »
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Mike gripped the ball in his right hand lightly, tossing it against the wall.  Catching it he'd immediately throw it back at the wall.  He'd been doing this for about twenty minutes. 

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« Oct 20, 2015 22:46:24 GMT -6 »
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"Penny for your thoughts?"

Sean happens upon his younger roommate while strolling the grounds.

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« Oct 20, 2015 22:47:00 GMT -6 »
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"What did you wanna know?"

He'd just throw the ball again at the wall.

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« Oct 20, 2015 22:49:20 GMT -6 »
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There's a good question.

"You keeping up with school?"

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« Oct 20, 2015 22:50:38 GMT -6 »
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"C+ average."

He said throwing the ball once more.

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« Oct 20, 2015 22:55:22 GMT -6 »
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"Really? Hmmm, that's interesting."

Sean couldn't say Mike struck him as the intellectual type but he did seem like a hard worker. He would have thought it would be higher.

"So what's actually bugging you, Cooler King?"

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« Oct 20, 2015 22:56:13 GMT -6 »
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"Cooler King?"

He'd ask, catching the ball and looking at Nanners. He wasn't catching the reference or whatever it was.

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« Oct 20, 2015 22:59:13 GMT -6 »
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Sean is visibly stunned. It's an American movie classic, no matter how old!

"Don't tell me you've never seen The Great Escape?"

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"Nope."

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:09:24 GMT -6 »
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Sean groans loudly.

"I'm making you watch that."

No agruing over that point.

"It's a movie from the 1960's, I believe, about Allied soldiers trying to escape from a Nazi POW camp during World War 2. Anyway, Steve McQueen plays an American nicknamed the Cooler King. The Nazis would stick prisoners who pissed them off in an isolated cell called the cooler. And while he's sitting there he throws a baseball against the wall."

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:10:13 GMT -6 »
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"Ah."

He said before looking at the ball and shrugging.

"Beats Blue Balls."

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:12:16 GMT -6 »
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"Uuuuh..."

That's an awkward turn. Sean is entirely aware of what the slang term means but he dares ask for clarification.

"Blue balls?"

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:13:42 GMT -6 »
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"Asshole on campus."

He threw the ball at the wall again.

"It's what he calls me because of my power."

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:17:15 GMT -6 »
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"Okay..."

Sean finds himself a little lost.

"You shouldn't let what other people call you bother you."

That's spoken with experience.

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He opened his mouth to say it didn't. But he quickly closed it. That wasn't true. It pissed him off. Which didn't do much good against Arman.

"I'll try."

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:20:21 GMT -6 »
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"Wear your weakness like an armor and it can never be used to hurt you."

I hate that I quoted that terrible show.

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:20:43 GMT -6 »
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"Huh?"

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:28:15 GMT -6 »
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Sean just chuckles.

"It's basically a fancier way of saying my original advice. Just be proud of who you are."

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:29:50 GMT -6 »
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He'd glow blue, turning on his shield.

"He chose it cause of the color. He's just dumb."

He just hated the nickname.

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« Oct 20, 2015 23:39:22 GMT -6 »
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Sean nods, noticeably impressed.

"He is. Blue symbolizes trust, loyalty, and dignity. Sounds good to me."

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He smiled for the first time in days.

"Wanna toss the ball?"

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"Sure."

It's like doing big brothers/big sisters.

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He tossed the ball to Nanners!

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« Oct 21, 2015 9:12:14 GMT -6 »
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Sean catches the ball somewhat awkwardly before throwing it back. Not a athlete this one but he is at least able to make the motions.

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Mike catches it with ease and gives it another underhanded toss to Nanners.

"So do you always do this?"

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