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there it was again, or at least ingram fancied he saw it -- a flitting expression that he could not give identity to. he was convinced he had said something, but didn't know what -- and now all he was left with was a strange numbness in his tongue as he labored on how to retrieve this suddenly-awkward conversation from its eventual end.

"oh." he said slowly, still misinterpreting her disquiet. "yeah. been there a few weeks now." he tried to smile and joke: "where have you been?" he offered a lopsided grin to accompany his feeble joke, unaware that it might not be received so kindly.