{"id":1975,"date":"2026-10-22T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:26:06","slug":"chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience314","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/22\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience314\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 36 Sympathy and Patience314"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/21\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience313\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page314 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/23\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience315\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>not have enough people to be able to support a recreational equestrian centre.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, people don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Presence. She has <em>presence<\/em>. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Sorry Handsome, what was that? \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab You know, <em>presence<\/em>! 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. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Yes! I wasn\u2019t looking for a definition of <em>presence<\/em>! What are we actually talking about? \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Romeo and I were talking about Commander Crush. She has <em>presence<\/em>. She just has to walk into a room and everybody takes notice and pays attention. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Romeo adds, \u00ab you know how some people can walk into your stable and you don\u2019t even notice they\u2019re there. Not Commander Crush though, she has <em>presence<\/em>. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Vocally, so that she can bring NutJob into the conversation, KristalClear says, \u201cyes, we know that feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s sure that he\u2019s going to be brought up to speed just by the way she looks at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Mr Rafone walks into the room,\u201d says KristalClear, \u201ceverybody notices, he has <em>presence<\/em> too! Not like some teachers. You don\u2019t notice some teachers when they walk in. Some kids don\u2019t even notice some teachers when they start speaking. They might as well be invisible! That would never happen with Mr Rafone. Nor Commander Crush.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Rafone is a diamond,\u201d says NutJob, keeping his comments short, knowing that he can\u2019t chat with Handsome or Romeo directly.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/21\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience313\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page314 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/23\/chapter-36-sympathy-and-patience315\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page314 \u2013 Next not have enough people to be able to support a recreational equestrian centre. Generally, people don\u2019t spend a lot of money on leisure. Going to the book club at the library is cheap. So is playing cricket, or playing Scrabble. 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