"If you mean direct eye contact will result in us seeing each other's souls with the image permanently burned into our memory, then yes," I said with a nod. "I have a thing with direct eye contact. Also, the cookies here are very distracting."
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"If you mean direct eye contact will result in us seeing each other's souls with the image permanently burned into our memory, then yes," I said with a nod. "I have a thing with direct eye contact. Also, the cookies here are very distracting."