So a little after lunch the doorbell rang. I brought the kid on the other side of the door upstairs to the office.
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"First of all, Mr. DeBarataria..."
"Please. You'll hurt yourself trying to say that all the time. Oscar is fine."
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"OK, great! Well, anyway, Amber has told me a little about the book you're writing and it totally seems like an exciting project. I can't wait to read it!"
"I can send you some chapters if you want, but I'd really like to try to get the first draft done before I share it around too much."
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"That's really OK. But I think it's cool that you did the boring work thing and made your money and now you're chasing your passion!"
"I don't know if it's my passion. It's a project. I told myself I'd write a novel, so now that I have a chance to do it I'm doing it. If it goes anywhere and people like it, then being an author probably does become a passion."
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"Ummmm, well, I still think it's cool."
"Sorry. I'm talking too much. Have a seat, will you?"
So she did.
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"And what I really think is cool is the subject matter of your book. It's a feminist book about girls taking over the world?"
"Kinda. A little, I guess."
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"I mean, it's so great that a guy like you is, like, wanting to smash the patriarchy."
"What's a guy like me? And, ehhh, Amber's description might be a...little off."
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"I mean, just, y'know, like, a manly guy. Why? What's the book about?"
"Well, it's about a corporation that turns guys into chicks and sells them."
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"Yeah, but that's awesome."
"It's sort of a horror book, Lexie."
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"Oh, like, I don't care."
"And the corporation is evil. Psychotic evil."
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"Yeah, but, y'know, you're raising awareness. And that's really good."
"Did Amber present this to you like it's some sort of a political statement on my part? I have a feeling that your politics and mine might not be the same."
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"What, like you're a Trumper?"
"Let's just say that I'm not a feminist."
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"Oh. Well, like, so you'll know...I am."
"I'm sort of sensing that."