Both Mei and Emily immediately looked over at me and, for a moment at least, I wanted to crawl into a hole. To my surprise, though, Emily seemed unphased. She just smiled and said, "I'm honestly surprised it took so long, given all the stimulus he's surrounded by right now."

Mei also smiled, "I've definitely seen a few of those in my time, but it's been quite a while." She turned to Emily, "it took me a little longer than her to figure out I was a lesbian." Then she turned to me and said, "I've gotta say, Jake, that's the best one of those I've seen, hands down."

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