The airport lounge is silent save for the sound of the clipping of toenails. He wants to complain but there is no one. So he picks his nose.

There was a moment when she thought he might find her attractive but the moment passed and because it had passed he smiled at her and farted

He takes a pull of the beer and is restored. I just found religion, he says. You drink too much, she says. I’m a fundamentalist, he thinks.

When the booze ran out, the partiers scattered, as if searching for shelter at the onset of rain. That’s when Jim pulled out the good stuff.