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It got to the Conservatory staffroom. Where I was. Ready to receive it in front of all my coworkers and the headmaster.

[nowheretowns]

oh, good. did you like it?

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Very much.

The smoothies were wonderful. I almost gave myself a stomach ache before class.

[nowheretowns]

mm. if you like smoothies, you should make them yourself.

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I do, sometimes. I’m just also a very lazy, scatterbrained musician who forgets to buy fruit on his way home.

[nowheretowns]

well, it's charming.

you realise these things can be ordered online on a regular schedule?

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You realize my piano doesn’t come with any Internet connection?

[nowheretowns]

really? that sounds very old-fashioned.

anyway, i've hooked you up with a vendor. if you don't like what they bring you, just cancel them yourself.

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Cancelling fruit sounds like a sin.

[nowheretowns]

i have a meeting with some sort of priest today. i'll ask his expert opinion on the subject and get back to you.

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Please make it sound like a sex joke.

[nowheretowns]

that's how they seem to perceive everything i say. they live in a very lewd world, catholics.

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Whatever I might say on that matter’s going to be used against me, so no comment.

What’s your religion?

[nowheretowns]

mine?

nothing.

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Nothing’s something to believe in, too. Are you going to define it for me a bit?

[nowheretowns]

define it?

in general, i suppose belief systems confuse me. i'm not sure how i'd ascribe to something decreed by strangers and fueled by political agendas that might not even be relevant outside of their particular, historical and societal contexts.

upon closer reflection, you could probably argue that neoliberalism and free trade is my religion. for me, it's more about the outcome, though, and less about the process or the awareness of it.

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Makes sense. Though, honestly, my guess is that most religions are about the outcome more than the philosophies. Catholics might not say it too clearly, but what they want is Heaven. The rest is just a path to that.

[nowheretowns]

yes, but the choice of path still matters to them, doesn't it.

it doesn't, to me.

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That’s not where your dedication lies. Okay.

Where does your dedication lie?

[nowheretowns]

i... am not sure how to answer that.

same question, to you.

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My dedication is with music. It’s the only thing I’ve stayed true to in my adult life. I’ve never fled music’s apartment or not called music after our night together. Music has never been my mistress, music is where I put all my effort, all my devotion and all my love. I’m married to music, I guess, weird as that may sound.

But thinking about it like that, I have to realize that music is just an example of a higher goal I honor. I think what I’m really dedicated to is beauty, the belief that beautiful things still exist in this world.

Despite everything.

[nowheretowns]

i see. the music is your chosen means to an end.

i've chosen the system, instead. to know it, to re-write it and to gain from it. it's mostly for selfish reasons, granted, but aren't most things? ultimately, it's a question of more. beauty, in your case.

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We’re a denomination of greedy people, Jean Louis.

[nowheretowns]

that we are.