Heorte

    █ ▌║ ★——   “E-eh—? Is that right?" She could hardly use a computer at all, typing at a snail’s pace and clicking all the wrong buttons, but she wasn’t about to let the man know  such an embarrassing truth. "W-well, I don’t know about that…”

"No need to be modest! Look at those doohickeys you have on your ears! In my youth, headphones were just headphones, nothing special" The girl looked flustered, and John was uncomfortable. He wasn't great at talking to women, and this one seemed to be getting the wrong idea. Smiling even more, he said, "but anyways, we have some great opportunities available, in finance, of course!"

    █ ▌║ ★——   “I-I don’t think I could handle something as important as that—!”

"Oh, sure you could, you look like an intelligent lady! And you youngsters are always so good with computers, much better than an old man like me is!"

    █ ▌║ ★——   “Oh—! That sounds important! Is that what you do?”

"Yes ma'am! And you see, my firm is looking to hire, any chance we could intrest you in a career in finance?"

    █ ▌║ ★——   “Finance? What is that—?”

"Well, you see, finance is like taking care of money, making sure it goes to the right places, it's very important business!"

“Th-thank you…” Hesitation plagued her voice, and a subtle fear had set in her stomach. The girl had lost track of how long it’d been since she’d been left alone with a stranger.

“I wish I could play an instrument, I’m not really good at that kind of stuff,” she said, smiling again, trying to draw conversation out of the dark haired girl. “By the way, I’m Astrid, nice to meet you!”

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