We were making steak and potatoes, and he had just brought the steak in from the barbeque. “Ugggghhh! Fuck its cold as shit!” he said as he droppe... the plate of steaks on the counter and started to rub his hands together. “Hahaha aww poor baby!” I said as I gave a look of mocked compassion. “Careful” he said. “I know your secret” I immediately thought of my fun in the showers I like to take in the evenings after dinner. There was no way he could know so I just brushed it off as a joke. We sat. ‘Well, I was a line cook for a little while in college. No formal schooling, but they taught me how to be decent at it.’ The two allowed for a long pause between them, Marie deep in thought, Colin enjoying his meal. Marie broke the silence. ‘So, I never asked you about your temperament.’ ‘My temperament?’ Colin laughed. ‘Yeah. You know, like when you’re looking for a dog. You’re always supposed to ask. You said you were a quiet guy, an introvert, but I don’t know much else.’ ‘Well, I’m. We had known him only casually as he worked in one of our most frequented restaurants. Our focus was more on tormenting him sensuously all this while.Tonight, we learnt that he was from India, eighteen-years-old and pursuing his college education in Canada for the past year and a half. He lived by himself and worked to pay for his education as his parents couldn’t afford to sponsor him.My hands would occasionally hold Angela’s hand, or playfully toss her hair around and pull her face towards me. I was glad to find by these following Words, "l'Acadeemie a jugee que cette deecouverte, en eetendant les bornes de nos connoissances, ne seroit pas sans UTILITE", that you esteem Utility an essential Point in your Enquiries, which has not always been the case with all Academies; and I conclude therefore that you have given this Question instead of a philosophical, or as the Learned express it, a physical one, because you could not at the time think of a physical one that promis?d.