the woman said after a moment. “What?” I said, bewildered by the question. “Cubs or Sox? It’s a simple question,” the woman said, turning her head to the side to speak while watching me from the corner of her eye. “Uh…Sox,” I said, still somewhat confused. “Well that’s a relief,” she breathed. “For a minute I thought we were in trouble.” I couldn’t help but smile at the moment of levity she offered, and found myself surprised that she could be so calm as to find some bit of humor in such a situation. It made me realized that even after all that had happen to the world and what society had become, we were all still people linked by a common background. Her question struck a cord in me, and it reminded me that we weren’t so far removed from our former lives that we couldn’t be united by that past and even by small talk regarding sports teams that no longer existed.
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