He looks down at the token and remembers Connor. The first guy he felt something for, outside of Eddie. It hadn't been as strong or as consuming but it had been something. And then it had been completely destroyed before it could even be fully formed.
"Yeah. Yeah, I liked the arcade a lot." It had taken him awhile to go back but he did. Before the summer was even over he was back in there and playing his games. Alone, this time. Always alone after that.
The token goes back in his pocket.
"I would have preferred my token to be something cooler though, you know? It was better than Stan's fucking hair net but... I don't know. Ben had a yearbook page he kept 27 years. Bev had Ben's sappy poem. Mike was a freak who apparently dug around for bloody rocks and Bill had his brother's boat. You and me? A token and an inhaler. Lame."
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"Yeah. Yeah, I liked the arcade a lot." It had taken him awhile to go back but he did. Before the summer was even over he was back in there and playing his games. Alone, this time. Always alone after that.
The token goes back in his pocket.
"I would have preferred my token to be something cooler though, you know? It was better than Stan's fucking hair net but... I don't know. Ben had a yearbook page he kept 27 years. Bev had Ben's sappy poem. Mike was a freak who apparently dug around for bloody rocks and Bill had his brother's boat. You and me? A token and an inhaler. Lame."