Page 27 of Can't Always Get What You Want

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Luca: I hate this for me.

Nova: It’s not BAD necessarily. Some women might find it endearing.

Luca: Some women—but not you??

Nova: I did not say that.

Luca: Hypothetically, if I was the kind of guy to just act first, no questions asked—you would like that?

Nova: I didn’t say that either.

Luca: What ARE you saying?

Nova: I’m saying…I like to know a man is capable of handling himself if the situation calls for it!!! It’s that simple.

Luca: Oh, I can handle myself…

Nova: I do not doubt that.

Luca: But you don’t think I can stop a murderer from killing us both in the Rainforest Café parking lot?

Nova: LOL

Luca: When you laugh it makes me feel like you’re not taking my hypothetical survival skills seriously.

Nova: Poor thing.

Luca: I know. You should make it up to me.

Nova: Make what up to you?

Luca: The emotional damage.

Nova: Ugh. I hate that you use my own words against me.

Luca: It’s my favorite hobby.

Nova: You need better hobbies.

Luca: You volunteering to help me find new ones?

Nova: Absolutely not.

Luca: Damn. Walked right into that one.

Nova: You did. Proud of you for realizing it.

Luca: Wow. Patronizing and mean.

Nova: It’s a gift.

Luca: Is that why you peeled out of the parking lot so fast? Because you were afraid of what else I’d expose about you?

Nova: I left because the parking lot was creepy—but we totally could have gone somewhere else.

Luca: Oh? Like where?

Nova: I don’t know. Somewhere quieter.

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