A customer! I see a customer! It's a few minutes after seven, and somebody else has come to wait for the Xbox. I feel like a sailor who's been lost at sea and finally spots land.

He stands in front of Sofmap for a moment, awkwardly, and he looks around. Nobody but him, me and the vending machine. I make a quick inventory: tall, painfully thin, wearing a brown coat, black and grey backpack, looks like Ichabod Crane.

A woman in the parking lot feeds the pigeons breadcrumbs. Ichabod watches her for a moment and leaves, walking down the street. For a second, I consider running after him, telling him not to leave me here with the vending machine. But I don't and buy another cocoa instead.

Xbox 360 [Japan Site]

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