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“I wish I could not care, you know?”
“I think so, sir.”
“Just for a while, Donovan, just so I can get some sleep. God.”
“I find chamomile tea helps, sir.”
“Does it, really?”
“It sparks joy, sir. Or my dragon-shaped tea steeper does.”
“The little things, eh?”
“It’s purple and green, sir. See?”
“Yes. Very nice. D’you know, two months ago, if you’d told me ‘Greg, Sergeant Donovan’s going to show you her funny little dragon tea steeper on a Zoom meeting', I wouldn’t have understood half of that, much less believed it.”
“Excuse me, it’s not funny. That’s my emotional support dragon, sir.”
“Very funny. Anyway, we’re the last two people on this thing, so I guess we’d better sign off. Got everything you needed?”
“Yes, sir. I’ll send you the file this evening.”
“Thanks, Donovan. You stay safe, do you hear?”
“You too, sir.”