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asshole government gives its stamp of approval and everyone nods and agrees it’s a good idea. Then they trot out the scientists they pay off to dispute the real science,” Vray practically spat, the vein in his temple pulsing. “A whole species of caribou is threatened and instead of trying to develop clean renewable energy, it’s
Hey let’s drill for oil over here in case we can’t have any more from the Mid East and we can’t admit that illegal immoral war we launched isn’t working out so well.
Damn all the animals and the landscape.”
    â€œBut if it’s a National Wildlife Refuge, doesn’t that mean it’s protected?” I asked, feeling confused and suddenly angry that I had no idea this was happening on top of all the other awful things going on in the world. When you took a second to think about it, all the everythings we didn’t know were pretty frightening.
    â€œProtected until big money pays off a few strategic powerbrokers,” Vray answered with a sigh. “It’s like why piss off the car makers and big oil? As if they’re more important than creatures that were here way before us.” He looked exhausted and a bit defeated. Not unlike the way he looked after his benefit concert bit the biscuit.
    â€œSo what do you do? I mean, what do we do?” I asked,feeling small and powerless. The same way the poor soon-to-be-destroyed Arctic caribou would be feeling, if they knew what was going on. “Maybe you could have another concert outside somewhere to attract a bigger crowd.”
    â€œYeah,” Vray nodded. “We’re thinking about a few bigger more intense things. The shows are good, but they don’t get people riled up the way they should. We’re still figuring it out.”
    â€œLet me know what I can do. I’ll definitely help out,” I said, even though I had no idea what I was offering. It’s just that seeing him so emotional and committed made me feel like it was the least I could do. After all, I lived on this planet, too, and I hoped it would be around for many more years. For me and all the other people inhabiting it and the caribou (cariboos?), too.
    â€œYou’re awesome, Sabine Solomon. Like I told Finn, I could tell the minute I saw you there was something real special going on,” Vray said as he leaned forward and kissed me deftly and casually full on the mouth.
    FULL ON THE MOUTH!!!
    â€œWelcome aboard,” Finn agreed, shaking my hand with a hip-hop handshake and acting like nothing monumentous had just happened.
    To me! With his friend Vray! Right in front of his own nose! Like something called a KISS! By this point I was too stunned to actually hear what they said to one another.
    It was fluky, fabulous moments like this that kind of made me wish I had an audience or a fan club, or that I could text with my mind to let Carmen and Ella in on what had just transpired. They didn’t have a clue what an incredibleintegrity-filled passionate guy Vray was. And that said amazing, valiant creature was really and truly interested in my ideas and contributions and, it now seemed, my company and my mind and my bod, too!
    â€œIt’s made with rice milk. Better for you and the planet,” Vray said as a steaming bowl of café au lait magically appeared on the beaten-up and graffiti-ed table in front of me.
    I nodded and smiled. I was so lost in the extreme fabulosity of that surprise kiss that I didn’t even remember him asking what I’d wanted. Or even noticing that Finn seemed to be gathering up his stuff.
    â€œGotta book,” Finn said as he stood and shrugged on his heavy canvas jacket. “Later, bro. You, too, Sabine.”
    â€œBye,” I sighed and half waved as he headed out the door and the bell above it chirped sweetly.
    â€œSo was work okay?” Vray asked.
    â€œYeah, it’s always different. We’re selling a new line of vegan gluten-free