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So we all need a break and some fun right? Anthony and I are going to try to eat an entire cake, and there's a really nice bakery cafe thing on Pine so everyone is also invited to try. I, personally, will take any bets from someone who can finish an entire cake. Any takers?

Also I will be drinking hot sauce and coffee since somebody won't leave me alone about it :|;;;; Who wants to miss that? No one wants to miss that. I'm sure I'll laugh about it in thirty years.

3PM, that one on Pine and 4th.

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No he seriously is waiting there at the cafe for anyone to join him. Because what is stupid adventures without friends?

But the more people come the better it is for the bakery owners, right? Totally. So grab a chair, get some coffee and let us all eat until we are sick. Just be prepared for commentary from the kid.]

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Does there really need to be more to worry about?

I know a boy who's turning into a bird, and another who's basically a shambling corpse. Some people definitely have it worse than others, and I'm just trying to gauge where you stand.

Nothing like that, thankfully.

So it's reasonable to assume that relatively speaking, you aren't in that much danger.

Well, you did just say it was unlikely that I'd be kidnapped, so no more danger than your average numbered person.

[He's almost halfway through the cake! Despite how often L is speaking, his determination doesn't seem to be flagging.]

Assuming you do survive, is college in your future? A lot of numbered people are attending university right now.

If I can get into a good one, I'll probably end up a student next year, yeah. Why?

You just seem like you could take it or leave it.

Does it surprise you I have life goals? I'm going into medicine.

If you want to succeed in that path, you should probably try to seem a little less indifferent about college when you talk to the admissions officers. That takes serious dedication that you do not exhibit.

You're not an admissions officer and I'm encouraging people to eat entire cakes. If my success depends on today, I'm already a failure.

The F-word shouldn't even be in your vocabulary if you're seriously going to take on medical school. That's almost a decade of competitive, rigorous training. And you don't know anything about me; I might just be an admissions officer, or someone an admissions officer hired to interview you.

Twelve to thirteen for what I want, actually.

Right, sometimes I forget that higher education takes longer for most people.

[Never mind that L's accelerated college career kind of... had a hand in decimating his entire life and making him a dysfunctional human being...]

Do you really think you can commit to that? I'm not challenging it, just... is it really your ambition, and not someone else's?

... It's a four year bachelors degree, a four year medical degree and a four year residency before licensing and certification.

Ambitions can change. Like I said, right now I want to stay alive long enough to get to college.

Ordinarily, it is.

[Genius privilege is tearing through school way too early, burning out spectacularly, and developing a drug habit. And somehow still being a little haughty about it, go figure.]

Staying alive is every human's goal. An ambition is different. When I was your age, my ambition was everything; I thought about it every second and dreamed about it when I went to sleep. You want people to eat entire cakes...

Just because you don't see or understand my ambition doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And I don't have to explain it to you just because you burned your way through college. Spending an afternoon with people you like and enjoying ourselves doesn't mean any of us are lacking in ambition.

Edited 2014-03-27 17:22 (UTC)

...That's a little better. That actually sounds like you care.

Are you done judging me yet? I'll fill out your card and you can go.

What makes you think I'm judging you? I'm past the halfway point on this cake, and if you're hoping to see me puke, that's more likely to happen in the final dash.

Just give me the card. [It's useless explaining his motivations.]

[He slides it across the table.]

It wasn't my intention to exhaust you. Please accept my apologies.

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