He used to be in the room right next Faye, but that's not important right now. "Just down the hall and to the left."
It's like she's a toddler and he's got her by the hand, explaining everything along the way. It isn't that he has any frame of reference for doing that. He has no children of his own and now, of course, that's out of the question. His life turned left when it should have gone straight -- no pun intended -- and changed his reality forever.
There's no self-pity involved, only circumstance.
"And your room is #36." As they pass by it, he nods to the door. "But you knew that."
It's not a test any more than his next question. "Do you remember anything else about someone telling you you sing off-key?" He digs the room key out of his pocket, fits it into the lock and opens the door.
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He used to be in the room right next Faye, but that's not important right now. "Just down the hall and to the left."
It's like she's a toddler and he's got her by the hand, explaining everything along the way. It isn't that he has any frame of reference for doing that. He has no children of his own and now, of course, that's out of the question. His life turned left when it should have gone straight -- no pun intended -- and changed his reality forever.
There's no self-pity involved, only circumstance.
"And your room is #36." As they pass by it, he nods to the door. "But you knew that."
It's not a test any more than his next question. "Do you remember anything else about someone telling you you sing off-key?" He digs the room key out of his pocket, fits it into the lock and opens the door.