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He brought his hands
up in surrender, letting out a series of
small laughs.
Silence filled the room for a few minutes as I finished eating. As Alex leaned over the counter, I now had a full view of the tattoos that covered his forearms the overhead lights illuminating the details.
"Can I ask you something?" I asked,
biting my lip to which he nodded.
"Like madness is the glory of this life,"
I quoted the sentence on his arm.
"Timon of Athens Shakespeare,
right?"
"Yes it is," He answered, a bit taken
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