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Sometime ago I was at the airport late at night waiting for my flight. It must've been 7, maybe 8 years ago. To kill the time I started playing Super Smash Bros on my 3Ds, headphones on. Not wanting to be bothered. Next to me there was a couple with 2 kids around the same age, they were 9 or 10 years old I assume, one of them had blonde curly hair the one was a brunette. Both boys. Really restless kids, they'd be moving all around place, trying to kill the boredom as well I imagine. Playing made up games and whatnot. Parents looked exhausted. Jazz in the background speakers. Not an uncommon sight in airports I suppose. You find all kinds of people.
Then all of a sudden, one of the kids, the blonde one, positioned himself next to me, looked at my screen, made a weird gesture of disapproval, as if the events unfolding in my game were not up to his standard. He then took one of my headphones out of my ear, looked right into my eyes, staring at my soul and very slowly he just said: "Samus sucks". He then left. Went right back to playing with his brother.

I often think about that night.

Last edited by Jpcc86 - on 06 May 2022