:24:08
I'd had a life.
:24:10
Hard to remember,
but I once had a life.
:24:16
I had photos to prove it.
:24:21
Probably during my adolescence,
:24:25
or soon after.
:24:28
How hungry for life I was then!
:24:31
How full of possibilities
life seemed!
:24:38
I might become a pop star,
:24:42
move to Venezuela...
:24:49
Well.
:24:51
I think we'll have
to review our agenda.
:24:56
In any case...
:24:57
Odder still, I'd had a childhood.
:25:01
When I was seven,
:25:03
I played with toy soldiers
on the rug.
:25:07
I took a keen interest
in these miniature wargames.
:25:12
It was long ago,
but I remember it.
:25:15
These meetings are a waste of time!
:25:28
Go ahead.
I'll be back in 5 minutes.
:25:34
Our relations with the regions
have tended to be
:25:38
too "up-down",
rather than "client-vendor".
:25:41
Now the water's cold.
:25:44
I'm far from shore.
:25:47
So far from shore I
:25:50
I swim on, but each stroke
takes me nearer to drowning.
:25:55
I'm choking.
:25:57
My lungs are aching.