But he’s not playing for the money, the spare change he’s made in the past hour won’t support him and he doesn’t expect it to. He just enjoys playing for others and if people feel like tipping him for it, then he won’t object.
After a good hour of playing, his attention strays from the cords and on to a family about twenty feet in front of him. There’s a man, probably in his late twenties, a woman around the same age and a child having a picnic. All his old dreams for a family of his own come flooding back to his thoughts. He can’t help but grieve for what could have been.
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Over time vampirism becomes easier, more natural, to Luke. Most of what he has learned has come from trial and error in attempts of mimicking what he saw Michael …show more content…
Maybe it’s the people of Rio, maybe it’s the people he came with. Either way Luke enjoys his new life.
Calum and Luke find a decent apartment together with an English speaking landlord; Luke compels him to let them stay for free. Calum feels bad for not paying, but Luke points out the owner’s expensive watch and imported car and suggests it’s only temporary until they get on their feet. Calum agrees it’s the only option until they both get jobs in their new hometown. Dinah opts for her own apartment. If Luke recalls the reason she decided to live alone correctly, it was about Calum being insufferable near full moons and Luke’s inability not to soak the whole bathroom when he showers.
Dinah takes to the new language with ease, the same can’t be said for the boys. She leaves colorful flash cards taped to their mirrors, doors, chairs, really anything that she can add a Portuguese label to. Luke finds it to be helpful. Calum on the other hand, struggles more than any flashcard could ever help, so Dinah takes to tutoring him. Calum can’t say it helps his vocabulary, but Dinah finds a way to make it worth his time none the
After a good hour of playing, his attention strays from the cords and on to a family about twenty feet in front of him. There’s a man, probably in his late twenties, a woman around the same age and a child having a picnic. All his old dreams for a family of his own come flooding back to his thoughts. He can’t help but grieve for what could have been.
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Over time vampirism becomes easier, more natural, to Luke. Most of what he has learned has come from trial and error in attempts of mimicking what he saw Michael …show more content…
Maybe it’s the people of Rio, maybe it’s the people he came with. Either way Luke enjoys his new life.
Calum and Luke find a decent apartment together with an English speaking landlord; Luke compels him to let them stay for free. Calum feels bad for not paying, but Luke points out the owner’s expensive watch and imported car and suggests it’s only temporary until they get on their feet. Calum agrees it’s the only option until they both get jobs in their new hometown. Dinah opts for her own apartment. If Luke recalls the reason she decided to live alone correctly, it was about Calum being insufferable near full moons and Luke’s inability not to soak the whole bathroom when he showers.
Dinah takes to the new language with ease, the same can’t be said for the boys. She leaves colorful flash cards taped to their mirrors, doors, chairs, really anything that she can add a Portuguese label to. Luke finds it to be helpful. Calum on the other hand, struggles more than any flashcard could ever help, so Dinah takes to tutoring him. Calum can’t say it helps his vocabulary, but Dinah finds a way to make it worth his time none the