Outside, the sun beats down, warming and illuminating everything. Probably. It might be raining now for all you know. If not, then children will be out in the streets by this time, cycling, or playing football, or walking, or even just sitting around, talking about nothing. Even if it is raining, they’ll be inside, together, talking and laughing and playing videogames and complaining they’re bored. Perhaps you miss those uncomplicated days, before you had your own computer and the internet. When you were still at school, and not university. Before you had all the time in the world to kill and everyone else had jobs. You open up the internet browser and click through the familiar pages. It’s the summer holiday.

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