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"Hey! Wow! Haha! Mph!"
"Gary shut up" Jay muttered, half asleep. It was lights out and he just wanted rest.
"Sorry" Gary replied solemnly. Thinking that was it, Jay turned over to face the wall, ready for rest. However, a moment later...
"Hey!"
"Gary" he said more firmly this time, turning to face the older inmate.
"Haha!"
"Dude" he said, sitting up. Gary groaned and sat up as well, a few odd throat noises coming from him as he did so. "Will you stop with the shouting? I'm trying to sleep"
"I can't- Haha!- Help it"
"What do you mean you can't help it?"
"I have these- Haha! Wow!- Vocal tics that I can't- Hey!- Control really" he explained. "And I was- Haha! Hey! Wow!- Suppressing them all day, so now they're- Haha! Wow!- Worse"
"Oh..." Jay replied. "So you can't control it?"
"Correct"
"Oh" Jay sighed. "That sucks, for your sake" he said, lying back down. He turned onto his side and wrapped his pillow around his head so it was blocking his ears. "Go on" he said. "Sorry I snapped at you"
Gary smiled and lied back down.