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after my visit to the_angry_man, i thought it would be best to make one other stop in the hopes of clearing the matter up.
my arrival was not unexpected, and this surprised me.
"sit down," he said, offering the chair.
"i don't mean to stay long and so i will stand," i said as nicely as one can say that.
after a pause i began, "i'm here to explain a misunderstanding that has apparently riled a few feathers."
"it would seem so," said the man. i wasn't sure if he was refering to my being there or the part about the feathers.
"you see," i started, but then i stopped, unsure what to say.
it was fortuitous that he interrupted. "you don't have to explain. [one of the others involved] already told me. it's happened before, if that makes you feel better."
i nodded. "i rarely seek out trouble, and i do my best to avoid becoming too quickly involved in the tenuous affairs of strangers..."
he looked at me for a moment. actually it was several moments: eleven moments, to be precise. "like i said, this has happened before, more than once. we may as well expect it from time to time."
"there was no way for me to have known beforehand. i am not psychic!" i lied, although i hadn't known.
"its impossible for all the details to be told in advance. too much to explain. but it was an irritating situation, kid."
"well, i can't imagine any harm came of this, nor would have. what is the big fuss?" i wondered.
"we have expectations of people. it messes things up when people fall short of those expectations," he explained.
"i don't mean to be rude," i said, "but i could've placed similar expectations upon yourselves, and would have been equally just to do so, but i didn't. and that is well because those expectations would have not been met on four counts. but i am not mad, because i didn't - rare of me though it is - set unreasonable expectations for how this would go. sure, i had my hopes. but so what if it didn't work out as planned?"
he nodded, and looked at his desk.
i waited for him to say something but he didn't.
"well, i shall depart. i hope you aren't mad. i certainly don't want for anyone to be going about, mad as can be, because of a misunderstanding like this."
he looked at me. "i was mad...but i can't deny there are several takes on all this, and i can't deny that were i in your shoes i would have probably done the same thing..."
"ok, well, goodbye," i said, turning to leave.
he nodded and looked away.
i walked out.
there was no one at the front desk when i passed to the exit.
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