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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Heard" data-source="post: 2167793" data-attributes="member: 7280">Brandon winces inwardly as he steps off the ferry platform shouldering his luggage. Unbidden, his eyes scan the lights and the scene around him as he approaches the man holding the sign."Man... what sort of middle of the mole of nowhere did I just sign up on. I bet there are more people living in my apartment building than in the whole town," he thought. He chuckled to himself as he walked past the tourist trap boutiques and tossed his bags into the back of the Range Rover.As the various other people from the ferry begin to separate themselves from one another and others load up the Rover, his face slips on his "meet and greet" mask and he exchanges pleasantries with the other people getting into the vehicle."Brandon, Brandon Sharpe," he explains with a smile and a perfunctory shake of everyone's hand. He very obviously intentionally makes eye-contact with everyone, and when given a name he tends to repeat it back when replying.Once everyone is in the car Brandon continues as if silences were a disease that he could single-handedly cure. Careful to obey the client's wishes, his curiosity is instead deflected to the other passengers. How was everyone's flight? Has anyone ever been here? Did anyone see any whales? Where is everyone from? Does anyone like football? The list goes on. It's just the sort of thing that should be annoying, but he's charming enough that it tends to be more amusing than anything else because he's so obviously nervous.</blockquote>

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