Lissy Lock looked at him speechlessly.
John Fame lowered his head, speaking hoarsely, "Lissy, do you know..."
"Know what?"
"Every time I'm prepared, you always unexpectedly appear in front of me. I want to spare you, but it seems like every opportunity arranged by fate is right before my eyes, and it would be a pity to miss it."
Lissy defended herself, "I came to the kitchen for something to eat, how would I know you were here too? If I knew, I definitely wouldn't have come, and even if I was suffering from sleepless nights, I would…"
Lissy covered her mouth. She had let too much slip again.
"Insomnia?"
"Yes... yes!" Lissy replied, bracing herself, "I slept until noon today. I just can't fall asleep."
"So," John Fame laughed quietly, a magnetic quality to his voice, "this is fate."
Lissy rolled her eyes in silence, "What fate..."
