T-Rex: I wonder, did growing up in a small town influence my values?
T-Rex: Perhaps!
T-Rex: Though, I think, not as much as I would have liked it to. Sometimes I feel like I cling to my small-town origins as a substitute for a real identity!
Utahraptor: You’re suggesting that a small town provides a "ready made" identity?
T-Rex: Yeah!
T-Rex: You know, a certain touch of naïveté, a wonder at the accoutrements (subways, etc) of modern city living...
Utahraptor: Well, we all tend to define ourselves with or against something: a home town seems as good a thing as any!
T-Rex: 〚narrates〛 Years later, I would reflect on this exchange, and find in it so much of what I missed from that time.
T-Rex: Ah, those were the days!
T-Rex: 〚narrates〛 It made me feel certain that, had I an old La Salle at the time, it would have ran great.
