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Still Life
Page 173
Want to build out the factions? Maybe the "Crunchy Resistance" vs. the "Smooth Loyalists"? Or dive deeper into Gerald's existential crisis?
Morning at the Café
Barista: "Would you like your coffee crunchy or smooth?"
Customer, nervously glancing around: "I-I'll take it neutral. With oat milk. Please don't report me."
Barista, whispering: "Don't worry. We're Spreadists here. Your secret's safe in the sandwich."
Behind them, a Smooth Loyalist stirs his drink 47 times, chanting "No lumps, no lumps, no lumps ..... "
Schoolyard Politics
Children trade contraband snacks in coded language.
Kid 1: "The eagle flies at midnight."
Kid 2: "You mean the granola bar with the forbidden peanuts?"
Kid 1: "Shhh! You'll get us sent to Texture Reeducation."
Meanwhile, a teacher confiscates a student's lunch for containing "unauthorized crunch."