S-she raised me by herself after my dad died and she's amazing. Kind and... and very sociable. She's got lots of friends, I... I think she knows the entire neighborhood somehow? She knows so many people. She threw me a surprise birthday party once and the house was packed, I didn't know anyone there, how d-do you even m-meet so many people, seriously? She likes her flowers and we used to do a lot of gardening together or w-watch movies.
[He takes another sip of gin. Oh man, that is so good? He's still shivering but the chattering of his teeth gradually lessens over time.]
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[Sure. He can tell him about his mom.]
S-she raised me by herself after my dad died and she's amazing. Kind and... and very sociable. She's got lots of friends, I... I think she knows the entire neighborhood somehow? She knows so many people. She threw me a surprise birthday party once and the house was packed, I didn't know anyone there, how d-do you even m-meet so many people, seriously? She likes her flowers and we used to do a lot of gardening together or w-watch movies.
[He takes another sip of gin. Oh man, that is so good? He's still shivering but the chattering of his teeth gradually lessens over time.]
She's really obsessed with getting... getting me in relationships, too. Sh-she'd try to set me up all the time, like, I would come home and there'd be a girl, daughter of one of her friends... or when we're at a café she'd just talk to girls nearby, trying to fix me up right there, it was mortifying...