MB: Oh!
Me: (blankly) Yes?
MB: It's you!
Me: (looks around, sees no one) Yeah...so?
MB: What happened?
Me: (thinks hard) With what?
MB: Where've you been?
Me: (realization dawns) Ah. Er...Around. You know...here and there. But mostly here.
MB: I thought something might've happened.
Me: Lots of things happened. Work happened. Life happened. But you know...nothing of consequence, really.
MB: I thought you'd drowned yourself somewhere...
Me: Oh, you'd love that, won't you!
MB: The Flowerfestival in your City's going on, right? For the entire month of February?
Me: *Ho-hum* Err, yeah.
MB: I hear it's a big success. Tourists came flocking for the parades and stuff.
Me: I guess.
MB: You joined the festivities?
Me: (glares at MB) Hell, no! Did you see that crowd? I hated it, hate, hate hate!
MB: Right, right, chill. Didn't mean to upset you. Geez. You're in a surly mood lately, aren't you?
Me: (smiles brightly) Says who?
MB: (shakes head) So...where do we go from here?
Me: From where?
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