[Of course they run into dormmates and of course Kalim handles them. (And of course Jamil, once again, is forced to confront certain truths he doesn't want realize.) Of course they get to the kitchen and of course Kalim ignores the promise and proceeds to touch everything.]
I-
[Jamil was about to say something but then he was cut off by two things: Kalim talking, and the realization that Kalim was picking out his favorite knives and his favorite spices and his favorite cutting board with almost surgical precision. Kalim's talking and Jamil's reduced to staring.
Scarabian freshmen. (Good. Nothing he would have to...worry about.) Rotgut tonic. He remembers that.
But more than that, he stares and then gestures to- that. The prep table.]
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I-
[Jamil was about to say something but then he was cut off by two things: Kalim talking, and the realization that Kalim was picking out his favorite knives and his favorite spices and his favorite cutting board with almost surgical precision. Kalim's talking and Jamil's reduced to staring.
Scarabian freshmen. (Good. Nothing he would have to...worry about.) Rotgut tonic. He remembers that.
But more than that, he stares and then gestures to- that. The prep table.]
How did you know?