An oyster. Inside every pearl there's a single irritating grain of sand. That's me. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here. Just like an oyster, you're trying to cover me up with something smooth and shiny. Pretty on a necklace, but inside the shell, that slimy thing just wants that scratchy thing out of there. You say merger? I hear exile.
It's not our fault they found other ways to occupy their time.
That's all you do, occupy their time. We gave back. We gave them meaning.
Then give it to them again.
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