Each city brought new faces. New oysters. New energy. But the intention never changed. To gather people. To shuck oysters. To drink champagne. Rinse and repeat.
Music can fuel you. It can steady you. It can infuriate you. And sometimes, that’s exactly the fire you need.
Superglue only holds about twenty-four hours on human flesh, which I learned through firsthand scientific testing. After about a week, the thumb looked… decent. Not healed. But less horrifying. So I finally took myself to urgent care.