Chapter III: 'Pleased To Meet You!' The Show is over. That much is obvious: the banjo-hungry crowd who wouldn’t stop coercing you into more and more… now seems satiated with the amount of music provided, as though filled up on an exquisite but heavy dinner. You can tell they hardly have room for dessert, actually. In fact, some of them have already started dozing off on the spot, whether they be standing or sitting. You don’t know whether to take that as a compliment… But Samantha doesn’t give you any more time to think about that. Acting as an officer of the intuition police, she senses whenever you are on the brink of a breakthrough, and seizes you by the hand, literally or figuratively, to bring your attention to the here and now. The Present. And present you she does with her left hand, which you have learnt to obey without question by now, prompting you to place the banjo on the floor, its headstock leaning against the wall by the corner of the ‘stage’. Not ideal, but it...
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