[ The color deepens. He turns back, and - there, there it is, the fucking thing, half-buried under a scarf someone has left. He picks it up and shows it. It's a very small volume, but rather thick, and when he shows it - ]
The spine is too stiff.
[ He flips it open and shows that, indeed, it's a book with an extremely tight spine. Tough to keep open to the page you want to read. Especially tough to keep open if you only have one hand to work with. ]
I was looking to - fix it somehow. Didn't think till it was too late.
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[ The color deepens. He turns back, and - there, there it is, the fucking thing, half-buried under a scarf someone has left. He picks it up and shows it. It's a very small volume, but rather thick, and when he shows it - ]
The spine is too stiff.
[ He flips it open and shows that, indeed, it's a book with an extremely tight spine. Tough to keep open to the page you want to read. Especially tough to keep open if you only have one hand to work with. ]
I was looking to - fix it somehow. Didn't think till it was too late.