"Where this guy at?"

"Over there."

"What that neighborhood?"

"Yeah."

"Fuck does a guy like that want to buy drugs from people like us?"

"I don't know."

"What's his name again?"

"Mr. Green."

"What kind of name is that?"

"I don't know. The guy likes money. Can you just be quiet for a moment."

A moment passes.

"So Mr. Green eh?...

On the edge of town was a small shop that baked bread every morning Monday to Friday.

It was the best bread Marc Love had ever had in the United States. He had had better bread elsewhere in the world. But in the states this random shop was it.

While living in...

This is how we would start his day.

First a coffee. Then a cold shower. After that 30 minutes of meditation. And then he would have enough energy to make himself a quick breakfast. With a full belly he would then have the motivation to go into the bathroom, lather the...

The Kid -- Charlie Samuels -- was poor. Or more accurately his parents were. This meant Charlie had to eat a poor child's breakfast: cereal and orange juice . He ate this every morning without variation. By the time he was awake his parents would already be at the motel...

The Blue Man. Or his hold self on the screen. The kid said "that's my hero. I know he's disappeared since, but I still watch his old videos."

Love freaked out for a bit. Calmed down once he logically realized that the kid had just proven that he in fact didn't...

One time it was a Saturday morning. Marc Love had woken up a little later than usual. And since he wasn't going to work he didn't need to shave. The kids were still asleep. And he wasn't feeling so tired and thus wasn't craving  coffee first thing in the morning...

The first thing Love noticed when he woke was the feeling of the air. Cool and a bit damp. The light outside was the type of bright white. Filtered by clouds thick enough to stop a  sky from being blue, but thin enough that things wouldn't appear gray.

Love remembered many...

If he didn't shave, he ended up eventually looking like those kung fu masters with wispy long beards. He could never grow a full beard. That's why the man in the expensive suit had him shave completely bald before his videos. HE learned to shave using a straight razor. It...

Denver had been the one to introduce them. Denver was old school. Didn't know slick about  crypto . He hadn't even used a bank account in twenty years. But Denver knew a guy. Didn't know a guy who knew another guy. Actually knew The Guy.

When Marc Love had to disappear...

Charlie only one thing went the days became this hot. They only became this hot in the summer when school was out. His parents would force him to go to the motel with them during the day. Couldn't afford daycare. Wasn't even a daycare center in town actually. The rich...