himself the whole time. He’s Tyler
Durden. In all the excitement of
meeting Babiki, the times we were
hanging out and getting to know
each other, we were never actually
speaking to each other. It was
always through Tom.
Fucking Tom.
Tom had promised he’d get me
a beautiful date for the dance, but
he hadn’t made any promises about
any of her other qualities.
Whenever we were together, she
was speaking Pedi to Tom, and Tom
was speaking English to me. But
she didn’t speak English, and I
didn’t speak Pedi. Abel spoke Pedi.