first time. He would prefer to be with his friends but this wasn't so
bad. Drinking with his brothers was like playing football with them
once again or fishing with them at the edge of the river.
Somewhere into things the beer changed to whiskey and it was from
that bottle of whiskey that the mosquito and his female counterpart
climbed out and shook off their wetness. When this canine shaking of
the wetness was not enough, they used the paper towels as bath towels.
They were less grotesquely large at this point but returning to their
monstrous shapes by the moment.




--What was the dinner like that Kazem attended?
--It was not a dinner, but the sip of the man's coffee in the den. It
consequently led to the proposal of a dinner.
--And did he accept the proposal?
--He did.
--On behalf of the family of brothers?
--That would seem to be a correct assessment although the eldest was
not expected to attend. No definitive date was scheduled because the
senator hesitated about this issue. It was a tacit declaration that
could only be read in a scarce trace of caution on his countenance. It
indicated that he was reluctant to be associated with these thugs.
This irritated Kazem and yet he pretended as if he wasn't bothered by
it. He probably told himself that he needed the time to rehearse his
lines.
--What would he need to rehearse?
--His part as the benevolent older brother. He thought he was that but
he had trouble convincing others of its veracity.