There is a moment in a writer's life that he has to face the most overused situation in history: The reproduction of Adam & Eve's first dialogue.

BEN: ...........
CHARLOTTE: .........?
BEN: .......? ....... .
CHARLOTTE: ............!!
BEN: .......... .
CHARLOTTE: ......! ......?
BEN: ........! .......!
CHARLOTTE: ........ ....
BEN: ......
CHARLOTTE: ... .., .....!
BEN: .....?
CHARLOTTE: .....!
BEN: ..... . .....
CHARLOTTE: !.......
BEN: .....;......
CHARLOTTE: ......

Yes, reader. I won't waste my time writing something that is older then dinosaurs...
Hope you understand the message I'm trying to transmit. What message? The one which tells you Charlotte and Ben started an affair a few weeks after their first dialogue.

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This chapter is exclusive and dedicated to Machado de Assis, a Brazilian author. I just love the way he wrote a scene like this one a hundred years ago... We can never forget where we came from.

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