

When i say “sorry mate I never noticed your message” I want to have plausible deniability. When they look over my shoulder and see their message, alone, in my notications tray theyre going to go “mm-hmmm” and it’ll get uncomfortable.
If theyre buried underneath 10 other messages and notifications that I have energy in Mafia Wars and my minions miss me and someone sent me lives in candy crush and rain is expected soon and my Google One is out of storage and there is motion at your front door and you have (3) new voicemails an…
I think I can get away with it. I have to deal with a smug “why don’t you just…” from them, but at least they don’t know I didnt have the emotional capacity to deal with them earlier and they won’t take it personally now.
I expect the whole central curve to open to reveal a spiral staircase to the next level.