Why it never ends

Chapter 77 The Toaster
The cafeteria turmoil ended with a few well-meaning classmates helping Sean get a charger.

That afternoon, Calvin went out to work again. When he came back at noon the next day, Sean was still lying motionless in the room with his head covered by a quilt just like before he left yesterday.

Calvin glanced at the trash can in the room.Yesterday before he went out, he opened a new roll of garbage bags. At that time, he threw the plastic film of the outer packaging in it. After a day, there was nothing in the trash can except the film.

"Did you eat?" Calvin asked.

Sean didn't answer.

He glanced at the cup Sean put on the table again, "Didn't you drink any water?"

Sean on the bed held his head in his hands and turned his back.

Calvin sighed silently and left the room.

Sean heard a lot of sounds from outside. First, there was the sound of the refrigerator door opening and closing, the sound of a knife cutting a cutting board, the sizzling of hot oil, and Calvin walking back and forth.

Before Calvin came to take him away, Sean himself sat down barefoot and nonchalantly in front of the table—their room was the same as Hesta's, with a huge white table in the living room.

Calvin brought up the plate, which contained a pile of mixed lettuce leaves and freshly fried chicken breast, and a few pieces of bread on a small white plate next to it.

Sean didn't say a word, just let him eat.

"I have something for you." Calvin said suddenly.

As he spoke, he picked up a large cardboard box from the side of the table and motioned for Sean to see it.There is a silver metal box on the box - this paper box has been opened, and the metal box inside is now placed on the table.

Sean was still chewing with his head down, and didn't answer.

"Originally, after the mission was over, I couldn't enter the urban area, but the police officer who cooperated with me helped me." Calvin looked at Sean who was eating, "Don't you want to eat bread?"

Sean shook his head.

Calvin reached out and took the two slices of bread and put them into the silver metal box. He got up and pulled the small tail of the silver box, powered it on, and pressed the switch.

Sean didn't care about the usefulness of the thing until he smelled a burnt toast.

"Ding——" There was a sound, and two slices of baked bread jumped out.

"This is specially used for baking bread," Calvin said, "I see that you usually use the microwave oven to bake bread, so I bought this for you. I already wrote Mr. Weil an email last night." , I hope he can add one in the cafeteria, he said yes.

"This thing has no handle, so you don't have to worry about it trapping you."

Calvin grabbed the hot bread and threw it back on the plate, then pushed it in front of Sean.

Sean didn't reach for it, he was still chewing, but his breathing was a little messy - he stuffed too much into his mouth before, and he couldn't swallow for a while.

"What... is this thing called?" Sean asked vaguely.

"It's called 'toaster'...like."

Sean put down the knife and fork. He took out the other two slices of bread from the plate and put them into the iron groove of the toaster. Then, like Calvin demonstrated, he pressed the switch next to him. The action was clumsy, but successful. up.

The bread starts to bake again.

Sean felt that his cheeks were astringent and stiff. He lay face down on the table, his shoulders shrugged.

"...Thank you, Carl."

……

Another afternoon, in room 403, Hesta spent a whole day alone in the bedroom.

Today Liz went out for business, Turan was still participating in rehabilitation training in the underground base, and Lico, like Hesta, was a guy who usually stayed in the house and didn't go out without shouting.But every time he went to the living room, Hesta could hear the loud music from Rico's house.

She also seemed to be enjoying herself.

Hesta lay prone on the bed and read the "Social Etiquette and Safety Regulations for the Third District" all day.

This is a series of books divided by scenes. She and Liz skipped it when they were choosing courses. Until last month, Mrs. Lavitt specially purchased a set and gave it to her.

In the "Daily Social" volume, Hesta found that the daily etiquette in the third district was far more complicated than she expected.For example, when switching honorifics, not only do you need to replace "you" with "you", but the verbs in the sentence must also be conjugated accordingly.

During this period of time, she tried to practice dialogue with Liz and Lico, but every time she practiced a few sentences, the two of them couldn't help laughing—both of them said that except for a small group of liars and Some dead people dug out of the grave, no one in the entire third district can speak like this.

But Hesta still had an incomprehensible passion for Liz and Rico for this set of terms.

Holding the book in one hand, she got up and stood up.

"(Respectful) Good afternoon, Ms. Rebecca."

"(Respectful speech) Hello, Mr. Administrator, what's the matter?"

"(Respectful speech) We found that your letter has been left at the front desk for several days, please remember to check the mailbox at the front desk frequently."

"(Respectful) Thank you."

Hesta made a gesture of catching the object, and she raised her hand behind her like an actor on stage taking a curtain call.

"(Respectful) Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea?"

After practicing like this for a few times, Hesta was able to complete the script gradually. She turned a page, tapped the book on the table again, and started her next performance without physical objects.

There are more than a dozen short dialogues in the textbook, all of which took place in the entrance. In addition to the scene of picking up items, there are reminders for electricity and water bills, door-to-door insect repellent services, electrical repairs, and so on.

They always start with "Hi" and end with "Come in" or "Come in for a cup of tea/coffee/sit".

There are some details that Hesta has never shared with Liz and the others. For example, many transformed honorific words mentioned in this book are not unfamiliar to her, because Boheng used to communicate with the two nuns. Talk like this.

The two nuns once set aside time to teach Boheng grammar for half a year—this is what the nuns would do whenever there were children who were about to turn 14 in the monastery.If all goes well, Boheng should have become a deacon of a certain church in the third district in the second half of this year, assisting priests and priests in the local church affairs, although Boheng's ambition is not here.

If she had stayed at the Abbey until she was fourteen, presumably Miss Gerding and Abbot Irma would have taught her that too.

Like several sisters who have left the monastery, she will make a vow and start the practice of nuns.

What will it be like then?

Just as Hesta was in a daze, there was a knock on the door outside.

Hesta ignored it, but after a while, the knock on the door was still ringing - Rico didn't answer the door.

So Hesta put on her coat and started for the living room, feeling an uncomfortable pressure as she approached the door.

"Which one?" Hesta asked, frowning.

"(Respect) I am Calvin Gringoire." The voice outside the door replied, "(Respect) I am coming to see Lady Jane Hester."

(End of this chapter)