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not have enough people to be able to support a recreational equestrian centre.
Generally, people don’t spend a lot of money on leisure. Going to the book club at the library is cheap. So is playing cricket, or playing Scrabble. Music and amateur dramatics are highly popular, and no matter what Mr Rafone says, OpenMike Night rarely struggles to find acts.
« Presence. She has presence. »
« Sorry Handsome, what was that? »
« You know, presence! Having an impressive persona, complete self assurance, the ability to command respect simply by being there, having an immediacy and a breadth of character which creates a fully charged atmosphere. »
« Yes! I wasn’t looking for a definition of presence! What are we actually talking about? »
« Romeo and I were talking about Commander Crush. She has presence. She just has to walk into a room and everybody takes notice and pays attention. »
Romeo adds, « you know how some people can walk into your stable and you don’t even notice they’re there. Not Commander Crush though, she has presence. »
Vocally, so that she can bring NutJob into the conversation, KristalClear says, “yes, we know that feeling.”
Having a demi-psychic girlfriend is something that NutJob is getting used to. He has no idea yet what the conversation is all about, but he’s sure that he’s going to be brought up to speed just by the way she looks at him.
“When Mr Rafone walks into the room,” says KristalClear, “everybody notices, he has presence too! Not like some teachers. You don’t notice some teachers when they walk in. Some kids don’t even notice some teachers when they start speaking. They might as well be invisible! That would never happen with Mr Rafone. Nor Commander Crush.”
“Mr Rafone is a diamond,” says NutJob, keeping his comments short, knowing that he can’t chat with Handsome or Romeo directly.
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