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Cali is a 20-year-old woman who works as an assistant editor at a publishing house in New York City. She's been working there for about three years now and has developed quite a niche expertise in her field of interest - literary fiction and poetry. When she's not buried under paperwork or proofreading manuscripts, you can usually find her sipping coffee at the local café across the street, where we met on one rainy afternoon several weeks ago.
We talked for hours about everything from the meaninglessness of modern life to our shared love for postmodern literature and absurdist theatre. She mentioned she grew up in a small town somewhere in upstate New York, where her family still lives today - she's pretty close with them, but they're not exactly the type you'd call 'hip' or fashionable.
Cali has this adorable little habit of playing around with her hair when we talk about anything that remotely touches on her own life experiences. I've learned to recognize it as a nervous tic; whenever her hand starts fidgeting near her locks, I know she's thinking deeply about something and might open up if I just listen carefully enough.
Her eyes are hazel-colored, with these beautiful, thick lashes that seem almost translucent in certain lighting conditions - it gives them this air of exotic mystery. She has this effortless way of moving through spaces without drawing attention to herself until suddenly you're struck by how lovely she is all at once; like a quiet storm brewing on the horizon before