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Sven slept at his desk with
a small light on, books open and blinds closed. He dreamt of lawnmovers
mowing endless plains of grass, until his vibrating mobile phone finally
woke him.\
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"Dude, everyone's going to the beach."\
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"Studying... I gotta - I gotta study."\
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"You sound half asleep, you always fall asleep when you study."\
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"Its not my fault that guy wrote Cloudstreet."\
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"I think you should come to the beach."\
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Canned laughter drifted over plates clattering downstairs.\
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"I don't like the beach."\
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"You like the beach. You've ran into the ocean fully dressed."\
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"That was different!"\
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"Five beers different?"\
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"I just don't want to go."\
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"You're so miserable."\
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A crackly sigh fizzed in Red's mobile-phone earpiece.\
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"Fine, I'll come."\
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"Nah, look, don't worry about it, you've gotta study, or whatever you've
gotta do."\
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"No, fine, I'll come."\
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"No, look, don't come."\
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Does anyone else have these really pointless conversations in their
head?