I haven't tried the beets " Dave said, barely stifling a giggle. "I'm saving room for the cauliflower. It's nature's fractal you know."Dave slid out of his side of the booth onto the cold patch of vinyl on Shanice's left. He gently pulled back her wiry hair and whispered into her ear, noticing that her earlobe was covered in tiny silver snakes biting their own tails. "I'm way into fractals. Do you like them? Fractals, I mean."
Shanice brought her fingers up to Dave's face and moved them slowly across his cheeks, leaving impressions of light on his soft skin. She then unbuttoned her cardigan to reveal a pale orange Control Data "Run for Your Life" '85 t-shirt. "Is this a fractal." she said as she touched the softly shimmering 50/50 fabric.
Dave stared into the t-shirt design. "That's not a fractal" he thought, but then as he stared at it more it began to twist and its colors began to multiply exponentially until he felt a gravitational force pulling him closer to Shanice and the fabric that loosely covered her. He looked into her eyes, which seemed to mirror the colors and patterns of her shirt, and said in a cracked voice "Yes blossom, that is a fractal... and I think we gave birth to it."
The table shook slightly, drawing both of their attentions to the edge, where their waitress - was it their waitress? - had just placed a steaming mound of white matter. "Okay lovers, who order the cauliflower?"
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