[ A Walkman sounds right. He doesn't know why it sounds right. Maybe he's just making things up for himself to paper over all things that aren't right.
Like: when she says to not ask how she knows they'll be obsolete in ten years, he should know for sure that she's messing around with him. People say things like that about technology. She might be trying to get him to buy something else, or just making conversation, but what she's definitely not doing is hinting at being from the future.
Because that would be a crazy thing for anyone to do, especially if they actually were. That's how you end up getting taken away to see the kind of doctors who ask you a lot of interested questions about your state of mind. ]
I'll take your word for it. [ He walks with his head down to what might be aisle five, staring at all the lumps of retro plastic. ] If it lasts ten years, I'll probably still keep using it.
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Like: when she says to not ask how she knows they'll be obsolete in ten years, he should know for sure that she's messing around with him. People say things like that about technology. She might be trying to get him to buy something else, or just making conversation, but what she's definitely not doing is hinting at being from the future.
Because that would be a crazy thing for anyone to do, especially if they actually were. That's how you end up getting taken away to see the kind of doctors who ask you a lot of interested questions about your state of mind. ]
I'll take your word for it. [ He walks with his head down to what might be aisle five, staring at all the lumps of retro plastic. ] If it lasts ten years, I'll probably still keep using it.