10 at Vons is used to constant attention, simping, free stuff, special treatment, etc. I gave her a smile and “how’s it going”. I don’t know her well but we’ve met before, so that was the appropriate thing to do. Eye contact was piercing… That’s her sword, and she’s very accustomed to brandishing it. Found her walking through the same aisles I was in… don’t think it was random. She was hunting for attention. I, meanwhile, was hunting for Skippy creamy. It was an effort, surely, not to kowtow to her physical presence. I didn’t. She’s in oblivion.