not_found
raze
"
so
,"
she
says
. "
you're
a
musician
."
not
a
question
.
a
prompt
.
when
i'm
told
what
i'm
supposed
to
be
by
someone
i'm
only
meeting
for
the
second
time
,
i
say
, "
in
addition
to
other
less
savoury
things
."
she
smiles
but
doesn't
laugh
.
"
so
,"
she
says
again
a
minute
later
. "
you're
a
musician
."
"
some
of
the
time
,"
i
say
.
i
keep
waiting
for
her
to
fill
the
silence
with
something
more
.
the
conversation
dies.
she's
busy
trying
to
work
out
why
three
years
of
my
life
have
gone
missing
from
the
database.
and
i
won't
strain
to
slip
into
an
ensemble
that
doesn't
fit
me
anymore
so
i
can
satisfy
a
stranger's
feigned
interest
when
their
mind
is
somewhere
else
.
"
this
happens
sometimes
,"
she
says
.
don't
i
know
it
.
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who
go
blather
from