The mozzarella is still stretching when I open my mouth.
We are at my friend Carla’s apartment. Seven of us around a wooden table that wobbles whenever someone leans on it. Someone mentions that octopuses have three hearts, and before I can stop myself, I am saying it: “Actually, their blood is blue. Copper-based. And they die after mating. The males wander off and literally waste away.”
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