Trafika Europe 9/10 - UK in Europe

JayMerill

only weakness talking.

agrees with anyone she’s talking to, said it was a very natural thing to become attached to a name. And then Glea said she was happy that the Goldie was there in the background too as it basically meant a precious metal and there was no getting away from that. And gold was gorgeous and it kind of shone out from the inside and gave a nice warm glow to everything. She looked conceited when she said that. And then Aggie sidled up to her and she looked conceited too because her proper name was Aglaia and it meant she was beautiful and there was no denying that either. She was one of the three Graces in Greek mythology. Beat that. The pair of them were full of self-congratulation and I thought then, how utterly

The un magical real thing I did as soon as I got back from the Ivinghoe weekend was give in notice at work. Nobody tried to persuade me to stay. I kept quiet about the changed circumstances in front of my housemates. I just want to talk for a minute about Glea and Aggie. In my opinion they had a puerile and annoying obsession with names. Goldie Lea was Glea’s full name but she dropped the ‘oldie’ part, maybe seeing it as ageist and put the G and the Lea together to become Glea. And she said she was now very fond of Glea and always thought of herself that way. And Aggie, being Aggie, that is to say a person who placates and

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