Ah? [ that's a subject change he wasn't expecting. he blanks out for a full second trying to process her question (ride? really?), and it takes him another one to figure out the answer.
which is to say... ] Well, I paid at the front? [ he didn't figure there was more to it than that, at least, not at this part. ]
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which is to say... ] Well, I paid at the front? [ he didn't figure there was more to it than that, at least, not at this part. ]