Narration(Xander): Whispers.
Narration(Xander): Thoughts voiced, but intended to stay clear of me.
Narration(Xander): Almost no one is in the arms of their spouse.
Narration(Xander): Atmospheric pressure has dropped in front of a storm that’s due to hit in three days. People are off balance.
Narration(Xander): and irritable.
Narration(Xander): It’ll release when the storm hits. And there will be a great swell of enjoyment while people watch the rain, safe in their warm houses.
Narration(Xander): I try not to interfere with the natural order of things. …too much.
Narration(Xander): Not so much older than you, I’d said. At your advanced age, she’d mocked.
Narration(Xander): As if it would have been any easier when I was a young idiot.