"He tries to keep up, at least. He's a mate of mine, we were both in the same manky hole." She's not going to stop saying it like that. "He's a shrimpy guy, bit shorter than me, big brown eyes, total dweeb..."
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"He tries to keep up, at least. He's a mate of mine, we were both in the same manky hole." She's not going to stop saying it like that. "He's a shrimpy guy, bit shorter than me, big brown eyes, total dweeb..."