You're a nice enough guy but a little boring, she told him.
Truth was, he wasn't sure if he was ready for her to understand him better. Thus far he had volunteered little about himself, opting to reveal relatively insignificant tidbits - just enough to prompt responses on her part. He studied those responses carefully, looking at them this way and that the way a jeweler analyzes a rough stone to see if it has potential to become a gem.
It had been sort of like a chess match so for, he moving only his pawns while he waited for her to commit a rook, knight, or maybe even her queen.
This was their third date and, he thought, destined to be their last, until she asked:
Tell me, how often do you see things others can't, things that keep to the shadows?
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