[He accepts the proffered cigarette, setting its end alight with the click-click of a lighter and a bracing pull of nicotine into his overtaxed, already-weak respiratory system. A guy with these kinds of lung problems shouldn't be smoking, the doctors say. That'll shorten his lifespan by years.
Good, he'd thought viciously, and left it at that.]
Thanks.
[His nerves weren't anymore frazzled than usual, but they start to smooth over almost immediately, if only marginally. It's only ever marginally.]
Would you believe you're the first other smoker I've met since I got here?
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Good, he'd thought viciously, and left it at that.]
Thanks.
[His nerves weren't anymore frazzled than usual, but they start to smooth over almost immediately, if only marginally. It's only ever marginally.]
Would you believe you're the first other smoker I've met since I got here?