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 (view spoiler)[The dogs. Guys, I'm really upset about the dogs. (hide spoiler)] 
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 Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark. 
 Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain. 
 [Gat] was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. 
 My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees. Before long I was a puddle, soaking into the pretty cotton prints. I drenched the quilt she never finished, rusted the metal parts of her sewing machine. I was pure liquid loss, then, for an hour or two. My grandmother, my grandmother. Gone forever... 
 She is delusional. I am not taking up tennis again just because I played one single afternoon, and in no capacity do I ever want to volley with Mummy. She will wear a tennis skirt and praise me and caution me and hover over me until I'm unkind to her. 
 Be a little kinder than you have to.