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Kenny walked with confidence, stepping in time to the beat of the music playing in his ears. It was an upbeat song with sad lyrics, something relatable to those stray remnants of teenage angst and trauma in his now twenty four year old heart. His vision was unfocused, mind distracted to the point he didn’t even notice the man in front of him, whom he promptly ran into. He caught himself on his back leg, but the other seemed to be falling, so without even a thought his arm darted to grab him. He got the other’s wrist and pulled him up, eyes wide. His earbuds fell from his ears, only a faint buzz coming from them. He hesitated before giving an irritated whine. “Hey, watch where you’re going, okay? Now are you okay?”
Kenny was in town for only a week, he’d planned, for work until it was time to move to the next town. It was his way of self funding a trip around the country, and getting to see the sites. It was fun, and walking around the city itself was even interesting. Every place seemed to similar, yet so different... And meeting the different people was so awesome!!! He was fairly optimistic about his journey, and even an unpleasant run in or two wouldn’t diminish the light of his bright blue eyes.