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[greyate]

"This is Jean. I can't answer right now. Leave a message and I'll get back to you."

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[el_paso]

[ He sets the deck down between them, indicating she should cut it, and huffs a short laugh. ]

Ha! Have you ever run through half of Alberta, in the dead of winter...

[ Pause for effect. ]

...butt naked?

[greyate]

[ Okay, yeah, that makes her laugh. But as she picks up the cards to cut them and then do another shuffle and cut, ]

You were not butt naked.

[el_paso]

Not at first.

[ Alright, gotta admit that. He offers a hand for the deck. ]

Got in a fight with a grizzly over a deer carcass. Those shorts didn't last real long.

[greyate]

[ She laughs again in spite of herself as she hands the cards over. ]

Somehow, I'm not all that surprised.

[el_paso]

[ Another quick shuffle, and he starts to deal. ]

How's that?

[greyate]

[ She opens her mouth to respond, watching the cards land in front of her but then she pauses. Closes her mouth again and looks back up at him. He really doesn't seem to remember.

The pause becomes heavier with the moments that stretch on before she finally says: ]

Because before that, that was the first time we met.