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"Want me to drive you to your show?"

"No, I’ll walk."

"It’s like ten blocks!" I say.

"It’s like eight," she says. "What time is it?"

"What—do you want to get dinner before you go?"

She hesitates.

"It’s on me," I say. "Sushi."

But she goes.

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