I'm in a small store, owned by some Chinese people, looking for a cactus to take home to Vera (in real life, I'm in Phoenix, and Vera asked me to bring her home a cactus), hopefully a live one in a small sealed environment. They don't seem to have those, but they have little aquariums with fish that hide in this grassy seaweed, which are really interesting. They used to have records, but they have hardly any now. I used to buy them here a lot; I think I bought all the good ones from them, so their stock kind of collapsed. Oh here there are a few, but they aren't interesting.

At the same time Natasha is texting me, saying that she deserves another chance, please please have mercy and let her try again. I feel really bad, sorry for her, and I think that I should write something to her, to say that I understand, I've been in that position, but then what? I can't really go back. But I feel mercy, and sorrow for her, and I have to make an appropriate answer.