<p data-start="0" data-end="611"><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">After </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">ten </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">years </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">abroad, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Marcus </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">returned </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">home </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">a </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">stranger </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">to </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">his </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">own </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">city. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Familiar </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">streets </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">felt </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">distant&mdash;</span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">until </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">he </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">saw </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">a </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">mural </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">he </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Darren </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">once </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">painted </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">in </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">their </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">youth. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">They </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">hadn't </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">spoken </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">since </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">a </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">falling-</span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">out </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">over </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">a </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">shared </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">project </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">that </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">never </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">came </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">to </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">life. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Restless </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">that </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">night, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Marcus </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">scrolled </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">online </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">stumbled </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">on </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Friends </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Friendship </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">by </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Angelus </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">F. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Misigaro</span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Something </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">about </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">title </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">made </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">him </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">pause. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">He </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">read </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">for </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">hours. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">The </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">next </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">morning, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">without </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">overthinking, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">he </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">walked </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">to </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Darren&rsquo;s </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">shop. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">They </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">didn&rsquo;t </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">say </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">much&mdash;</span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">just </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">picked </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">up </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">old </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">brushes </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">started </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">painting. </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Some </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">connections </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">just </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">wait </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">for </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">right </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">moment.</span>