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- What are you doing here?
- Oh, I know. You're one of those bored millionaires.
- You have no idea how unfair you are...
- May I join you?
- Sure.
- So, what have you been up to in Berkeley?
- Well, I just watched a John Cusack movie, and since you're John Cusack, I take it I am dreaming.
- Dreaming or day dreaming?
"Day dreaming."
- Wow, what happens now? Are we gonna have animal sex on the counter?
- Oh, no, I wouldn't want to have casual sex with you, I would wanna MARRY you. You're handsome, and talented, and American...
- American?
- Yeah, you know, green card, residency visa, stuff like that (wink!)
- Hey sis, do you have any change for me today?
- Sure. Cold, no? I thought the California summer was supposed to be hot!
- Where are you from?
- Brazil.
- San Pablo!
- Yeah, São Paulo. Here!
Beautiful city, San Pablo!
- Wait a minute! Did you interrupt a fantasy with ME to shoot the shit with a homeless guy?
- (Thought bubble:) Beautiful city...
"It's because I walked by a different homeless guy today..."
- Any change?
- I don't have anything
- Thank you
"Later when I was buying the ticket for the movie he was there and saw I had plenty of change. I felt awful, he had been so polite..."
- So you redeemed yourself by giving money to this other guy. Here comes another one...
- I know. I'm getting tired of all these homeless dudes.
- It reminds you too much of São Paulo, doesn't it?
"Oh yeah, beautiful city my ass! He doesn't know what he's talking about"
- But, say, you'd look cute in a comic...
- Ok, so this is when you have the idea of turning this into a comic
- A mini comic! But I will never be able to draw you as cute as you are in the movie...
- Don't worry, I'll never see it...
- I thought we were getting married!
- Oh, that.
"I don't know how to draw handsome men, it's the worse with boyfriends. I used to draw Cadú all the time and about six months after he passed away I found a drawing I made of his eyes"
"I have very few pictures of him, and I look at them all the time, it's almost like he has become a different person. When I saw the drawing I remembered what his eyes were like, I mean, how I saw his eyes."
- How sweet!
- I know. Well, this is where I'm staying, I need to go in and write this down.
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