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Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā There was little relief from city smog, even in the cool air of the church ā wrong church anyway, so it didnāt matter ( Unitarian, whatever the fuck that meant ). Nicky had come to think New York City was a cesspool ā and such conclusion came from a man who grew up in Paris, the city of love and a free for all public urinal. Bias flared in homesick envy, and the recent unfortunate events he himself had set in motion in the country, and he couldnāt fault the inhabitants of the city for the resentment he had built, but Nicky never had social tact in the first place ā nor patience.
Even if the mistake was his own, heād take the fact that the church wasnāt the one he was looking for as personal offense. Heād take bumping into the other on the sidewalk as personal offense, even if the event occurred in his distraction. When the younger woman snapped, any automatic courtesy was trumped by impulsive insult.
ā Then youāre not gonna get it. ā Nicky could have given her the discarded contents from her bag, but instead elected to lift a hand high to drop them onto the sidewalk again. Petty.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Irony sung its loudest in this brusque, and impromptu run-in. Camilleās own nature was born of a stubborn burning flame, and her longing for her mother Crescent city singed in its every ember. So when her accidental assault was seasoned with this added slight, she was helpless to the flare that was ignited in direct result.
Nostrils opened, and lips curled to near caricature tightness, Camilleās hand raised to strike the man. But her outrage struck a blunder in the field of delivery. Speed, distraction, rage--whichever of the multitude--had rendered her aim misjudged. Only the edge of her pinkie had brushed against his chest, and thus lessened the blow sheād hoped for into little more than a pissy swat. But she was too distracted in stooping to retrieve her belongings to pay mind to the slip just now.
ā Evil ass slick-headed nasty devil bastaādĀ ! ā In a crescendo, she went from muttered gripes to herself, to outright cursing the man above her,Ā ā Aucun d'entre vous n'est diffĆ©rent ici--all yāall up heaā the gotdamn same-- I caināt STAND YāALL! ā