what you sow

[katrea]

On the doorstep of a townhome in New York City, a basket is placed.

The doorbell rings.

There are footsteps, and then there are not.

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[pythbox]

"Sure," says Elizabeth. She reaches into the bowl and hands the girl an orange.

[katrea]

The girl bites directly into the orange peel, and, apparently quite content with the results, chews on the pith.

[pythbox]

"The inside part's good too," she advises.

[katrea]

"Yes," agrees the girl, who has yet to eat any inside part. "It's inside the outside part though." Chew chew.

[pythbox]

"I don't like the outside, but the inside's tasty," says Elizabeth.

[katrea]

"The outside is fine," says the girl. "It's food."

[pythbox]

"It tastes weird. But I guess not to you," says Elizabeth.

[katrea]

The girl's next bite includes some inside part. "Is it okay to eat the whole thing?"

[pythbox]

She shrugs. "Yeah."

[katrea]

So she does. Om nom nom.

[pythbox]

Elizabeth has a banana. She does not eat its outside part.

[katrea]

The girl looks speculatively at the banana peel but does not ask for it. She seems done eating when her orange is gone.

[pythbox]

"You can have this if you want," says Elizabeth, waving the banana peel like a small floppy flag, "otherwise I'll throw it out."

[katrea]

"I could eat it but I'm not hungry any more."

[pythbox]

Elizabeth shrugs and puts the peel in the compost bucket.

[katrea]

"How long will it take to find where I am from?"

[pythbox]

"Dunno."

[katrea]

"What if it is a long time?"

[pythbox]

Elizabeth shrugs. "Dunno."

[katrea]

"Hmm."

[pythbox]

She plops herself down in a kitchen chair.

[katrea]

The unbasketgirl tries to climb into another one, falls on her butt, and tries again successfully.

[pythbox]

"Are you okay?"

[katrea]

"Yeah."

[pythbox]

"Okay."