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(I’m spending a lot of time in parentheses these days.)
(It’s nice in here, and sheltered. Fendered.)
(Kind of noncommittal.)
(Like everything is just an aside.)
(What? This?! Not really that important.)
(Surely there are more important things.)
(Don’t mind me.) (Someone just dropped me here poolside.)
(This isn’t even a speech bubble. Just a (thought) bubble.)
(Don’t pay it much attention.)