When i first read your comment i was wondering why it was there. now i know why. lol.  GabrielGreco  come read this. i think you'd appreciate this effort.

Prose on those lines were really rough. i didn't focus on the technicals of it. i tried to give material to some sentiment/emotion ASAP.

I think that's what happened with Gabe...

GabrielGreco  

GabrielGreco  wasn't far off. I think I went to bed around 3. The thing is, if you're sleeping the whole day it's hard to sleep at night :)

Lines like this always get me:

In the fall he would carry a coffee from a nearby diner, 

I also believe that a large part of why I'm honing my writing...

I ended up minoring in German lol. I probably remember just as little of it as you do Russian, but I'm more confident in myself so would rate myself as...

Would it be enough to take my eyes away from my phone, my master of dopamine that slices and dices my attention span to bite-sized ribbons child-friendly enough to slip...

Keni I love how your idea of listening ties into why  Writing can be such a great facilitator of good relationships. It is about listening and patience. 

Fun fact that...