SHOULD THIS NAIVETY FADE, I'LL NEED YOU TO DOUSE ME.

OH that's rich. I found the electronica was savage; really razor sharp. I think we packed sneakers, a blue t-shirt, a gray t-shirt, the black dungarees, the brown leather, and plenty of B-12. Armen was a class act, and a gentleman, and a beacon of hospitality. You need to play that song on a loop 'cause I can't concentrate without it. He gave me the eastward facing bungalow because he knew I enjoyed waking up to the sun. Always conscious of my dietary habits, Armen had his chef design a tuna-sandwich that I dream about to this day. He said he liked my driving habitats. He enjoyed my disregard. He reveled in my masochistic aspirations. Righto. Just, I guess pass me my per diem. I enjoyed my time with Armen because, with Armen, you were allowed to be yourself and that was exclusively how Armen did things. Can I ask you about those boots? Armen needed the face time and he was a recluse, and you can't ask someone who is being held against their will to board a civil aircraft for obvious reasons. That was a warning. I was given one warning and we never spoke of the incident again. I wore a collar. I tied it up. I scored some hard shoes and a black pork-pie so I could be irritatingly ironic.

So, then, I was like a thoroughbred or something, while always remaining cognizant of  my limitations. Armen, I believed, had hoped I would develop a violent streak similar to others on his payroll. I knew that would never happen. I used my blade to put peanut-butter to bread. Does your boyfriend smoke like me? I preferred to use humor during potentially undesirable situations. Have you seen me do a high kick? I read articles on self-improvement and how to take yourself less seriously. I aspired to never judge others for their past transgressions. I initiated an everlasting cycle of empathetic thoughts. I was capable of  instantly controlling my heart rate, and I could take three solid blows to the head while still having the presence of mind to drop low, pull that blade, and instinctively locate the Achilles tendon. A private moment in front of the urinal is really asking for it. I felt little guilt concerning my first formal act of physical violence, and honestly, I think I forgot about it long before I reached county lines. At this risk of redundancy, that synth-pop was just lethal, and I had a steady head-knock working during the totality of that southern swing. Did he just try to split my head open with a sliver of rebar? I mixed hot chocolate with cinnamon flavored coffee, then added an additive to boost my octane. I guess, somebody wanted the car, and they sent a damn neophyte because everyone's cutting back during this delicate economic period, and quality killers are expensive. So now, this kid can't walk because his superiors decided to place him in a dangerous position. I focused on me. You don't need to make conversation with a suitcase. Silence is not awkward when it's just you and a duffel. I planned on blaring that computer music the entire time so she knew I didn't find her interesting, or attractive or bemusingly beautiful. We were stuck together, and it wasn't cute, or compelling, or any kind of exciting. There was nothing but lucrative freedom awaiting me, and I was so bored. I was so tired of the time and the youth and the money, and those stunning sources of misguided motivation.There was no reason to upset Armen. There was no reason to relieve myself on our friendship. She had light skin and dark eyes and that made sense so I exaggerated my U-turn to convey enthusiasm. Would you mind if you don't talk for the next couple hundo miles? These days, privacy is at a premium, and people like myself are demanding some ridiculous retainers. I wanted to wear a hard-man's face and scowl at the skyline and find reasons to pout. I got religious and asked my God not to humiliate me in front of her. I decided to put the car in a ditch; I decided to roll the car in a ditch. You need to think outside the box during a pursuit. I'd succumbed to every obsessive urge in my body during the instillation of that roll cage, and it would've been a shame to waste such a precise apparatus. The elevator ambush  in dallas was tricky because of the confined space. Oddly enough, however, this actually worked out in my favor. Those hired brutes were unable to put any snap in their bats. So, once again, I was able to get low and establish my shiv. Mobile was humid as all hell, and I set a local chicken restaurant on fire as a diversion. I was staggered by the comrodery displayed by the de larga gang as they took turns savagely working my kidneys. I was left unattended during one of their endless cigarette breaks, so I got us out before they laid a finger on her. Thankfully, the incendiary device had remained taped to my leg during the beatings. So, on the way out, I ignited the fuel tanker parked alongside the syndicate's riverside hideout. We moved 800 yards into the pensacola night, then we didn't move anymore. I couldn't move anymore. She now showed emotion; she was crying now and now she got upset. She was bothered by my injuries. She was home free but she had to go now and she sat down and cried till she choked and I begged her to keep it down and maybe they wouldn't find us, and she did, and they didn't.