The gas station clerk pages languidly through the magazine he’s read a hundred times already this month, bored as hell. He sighs, lifting his head to look around the tiny room of this little desert outpost – the room that serves not only as a convenience store, but also a bar, and a tiny casino. There are also rooms upstairs for rent – not that anyone stays more than a day.
“Boring as hell today,” he murmurs, returning his eyes to the page. “But it’s a living.”
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