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He was focused.
His eyes were entirely on the events unfolding in front of him. The old woman feeding the birds next to the bench near the trashcan, the two men playing chess at the table across from him, he watched it all. He watched because he knew that something was going to happen soon.
He wasn't sure what, but he knew that it was going to be different from every other day he sat here. A slight smirk danced across his face. Yep, today was going to be different. But how? So far, it was all the same people doing the same thing on the same dirt park path. He adjusted his over-shirt and leaned back on the bench. Maybe he just had to think less about it.
Down the street came the shave ice guy with his large block of ice safely contained in a cooler, the syrup bottles clattering together with an almost melodic sound as they sat in the cart. He walked up, a few coins in his pocket. "Hey Marcus."
The shave ice man looked up at him. "Howard! How've you been?" Marcus opened his hand to Howard, who was already putting the change into it. "Getting your usual?"
"First off, I'm doing alright, and secondly not today. I'll take a green apple instead. I'm sensing something's going to happen today." Howard smiled.
Marcus grinned. "Oh, really? I'll keep my eye out for anything different." He handed Howard the paper cone of bright green shave ice and continued on his way. Marcus knew that his regular customer always had a feeling that something was going to happen. Sometimes he was right, sometimes he wasn't. He seemed pretty confident about today, though. Today was a day to keep an eye on everything.
Howard sat down with his shave ice back on the bench and looked around. So far, nothing different happened. He took a taste of his shave ice and smiled.
He made a mental note to get green apple more often.
But so far, nothing different has happened.
The day went on, and he continued watching.
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