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Someone who sits in dark corners, blending into the wallpaper. I can do that when I have to – that is my job in many ways, to be invisible, to be neutral and unassuming, just a voice connecting other voices. But it’s not my natural disposition.  \nI have a theory that minor misunderstandings bring people closer together, and closer to the truth. Friction makes life interesting, sharpens the edges of a conversation. When I’m working a corporate job, it’s a big relief when someone curses, when a single sparkflies. I like it. Finally there is some drama, something to hold onto.  \nOccasionally I allow myself to make little mistakes when I’m translating. For instance, last week, a French animator was pitching an idea for a new monster character to some execs: “Il doit être imposant, comme une montagne, infranchissable,” he said, his voice glitching a bit, his face freezing and unfreezing on the screen .  \n5  \nPATRICIA  \nI knew what he meant was,“He should be imposing, like a mountain, insurmountable.” But instead I said,“He should be like a mountain, difficult to digest.” Did it make any difference? I have no clue. But at least the execs on the call had to pause and think. They got curious. They had to inquire.“What exactly do you mean?”What more could you ask for than curiosity? What was really at stake, anyway?  \nDesigners and execs have the same conversations over and over again, I find. Players want hyper-realistic dialogue and intricate plot twists that relate to real-world scandals of the day, they all agreed. But what about this character’s hair? And this music? An animator can spend years perfecting the angle at which a pixelated knightswings his sword around in a victorious flourish at the end of level seventeen, or what not.  \nI didn’t enjoy the work, but it felt manageable, just what I could handle. It had been a dramatic summer, so being invisible, disembodied, felt like a relief; I kept my camera off while I loungedon my new sofa with my old laptop, listening and speaking indifferent languages for hours while I looked out at the view of the city. I still don’t have much furniture here but the sofa is very comfortable. I sleep on it some nights, but in the mornings, I have vertigo.  \nI had always wanted a flat in a high-rise, and finally I have one . It’s helpful to feel that I’m above it all, especially after John and I split up. When I look down from the balcony, the city looks so small. Black cabs like toy cars . Tiny little trees. All night, honking cars and sirens float up and in through the one small window that opens. The distance these noises must travel warps them to sound like birdsong. I really don’t mind living in the middle of the city. John wanted peace and quiet. He wanted fresh clean air.  \n6  \nPATRICIA  \nHe’s missing it, I thought when I first moved in, looking out atthe early morning fog rolling out like a blanket. All I could see was the toiling look of clouds, like I lived in an angry heaven.  \nI had an odd schedule working for PlayerVidz – department heads lived in different time zones, different continents. Sometimes I worked in bed. French to Japanese. Then Korean to Swedish.  \nThe company had kept me on for two extra months, and after that long I was anxious to get out into the world again. I’d had a few job offers to teach English and I thought it would be good for me tobe around children. I was going to quit soon . 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