Somebody new, eyeing the shoes: where did you get those.
A shop that shut.
That is the entire exchange.
Two years ago I would have given them the model, the drop, the sale price
and the two alternatives I nearly went for.
It would have taken four minutes.
I would have loved every second, and so would they,
and neither of us would have trained.
The Book of the Merchant — Return 50:6