Shortened period/long assignment. They were allowed to talk, but most of them were too busy to engage in conversation. The inevitable lull occurred.
"Why did it get so quiet in here?"
I looked at the boy. "Oh, so you're the one," I said.
He didn't get it. I didn't explain. The jokes are mostly for me anyway. They never see the funny.
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