A few minutes of jabber about the game and Dithers found himself missing it more than ever. The Dragon Battles, the Epic Quests, and even the way Kaylee had been when they were online together. Dithers could’ve let Kaylee talk about the questing she’d been doing all night, but the waitress finally chose that moment to interrupt them with the appetizer. She took their orders with a grunt and stormed off to deal with yet another group of patrons unused to the real world. As they took the first bites out of their egg rolls, Kaylee got an anxious look on her face. “Listen, speaking of the game, would you mind if I just popped back in for a minute? I need to see if my character is done recharging mana yet so I can forge some new items. Just until our food gets here?” Kaylee asked. For a second Dithers was annoyed, but deep down inside he knew that he himself would want to do the same thing. Watching her eyes glaze over as she jacked in, as her hands began to mechanically continue eating the egg roll, made Dithers all the more outraged that he had been banned from ‘World of Realcraft’. And what for? Why did he have to leave? What was the point? The appetizer plate was whisked away and their food arrived, but Kaylee was still plugged in. She began to spoon their dinner into her mouth and Dithers could only watch as their meal continued on without her. For just the briefest moment, it occurred to Dithers that it was like going out to dinner with a question mark.
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