Also, i wanted to try out southern gothic, don't know if this counts.
my eyes did not want to leave the water. i did not want to look anywhere but before me.
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"it's nothing, just more southern gothic, you know?"
"you _must_ understand by now that that's of interest to me. if you don't mind?"
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