Case #04: The Rule of Two Tens Is No Bull
Taming of the 22nd Floor ScrewballSensible men argue close-at-hand resources shouldn’t be wasted. There was no harm in a palm reading or two. Having a plaque-worthy job that pays the rent was a testament to her abilities. Excuses were all Taehyung had as he sat before The All-Seeing Anna. Not even Yoda could predict the outcome of her newest brain teaser.
She smiled. He smiled back. Pleasantries exchanged, business began. “Since we’re close,” she assumed, “let’s be frank: fortune-telling is bull.” The dark side of the force was strong with this one.
“I paid 20 bucks for this,” Taehyung deadpanned.
She ignored him, continuing with, “You talk. I listen. Common sense dishes out common answers. Everyone’s happy.” Sensing a disturbance in her schedule, she added, “My talents are also double-booked this hour; expect expedient happiness.”
Arguing with the all-abnormal Anna was pointless, so he started with, “Where do I start?”
She shrugged. “I can trace circles on your hand — get you in the mystical mood.” Crazed, elevator-button-pressing fingers fluttered about.
“Yeah, no thanks.” Focusing past the crude matter clinking above his head, he felt around the hyperventilating pooch and the blinding walls, ending with: “Jedi training isn’t completed in a day.”
“Patient, you are,” she said with a hum in . “You’re afraid to fail at doing. Here’s the world’s best-kept secret: Practice will never make perfect. Disappointment awaits the Jedi who thinks he can prepare for any unknown the galaxy will throw at him.”
Like Yoda, she was.
“See,” she interrupted his moment of awe, “the trick is in the generic one-liners.”
Taehyung left unsure if he got his 20 bucks worth of bull. Expedient happiness aimed a punch straight at his gut. Anna functioned on the question, “What would happen if?” She broke the rules of common sense with a Sith Lord’s smile. An apprenticeship under her tutelage was inevitable.
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