i hadn't considered this pedagogically or as a kind of personal knowledge management system (puke) at all but i suppose it is both of those things

i dont understand magnetisation

god being the centre magnet

She says something that isn't really right but isn't really wrong. I'm not taking in their words any more, just their voices, trying to get a feel for whatever is going on between them. I'm imagining what it's like for them in this delicate situation, what I would say if it were me. She has that perfect upper-class accent, and she's using whatever upper-class tact that comes with it to navigate this. Style. They can't be together, but their voices are betraying them.

plato

thank you

nope. i only remember the leaves bristling behind the window during chemistry class

and the fake qualifier

Above and behind a window opens and a cigarette hangs out.

ion

we need to be deconstructing our identities

whats your name?

its good

like first name

Style

i did until you asked which kind of gave it away

have you read

which magnetises chains of pins

There is a pause. She ashes her cigarette. It falls on me. It seems like the birds have stopped too.