complex creature

little boy giving me bottled water.  (no, he's not a vendor.)

me, shrugging my shoulders:  'thanks...'

he extends the water closer to me.

i again shrug my shoulders:  'thanks...'

he looks at me intently and asks:  'that's already okay?'

me:  'yes...  thanks...'

only then did he move on to the others.

hmmm...  so my response wasn't clear.

'no' is you move your head side to side.
'yes,' you nod.
yup, a shoulder shrug is neither here nor there.

and 'thanks' you usually say when you receive something.
i should have said, 'no, thanks...'
but then i didn't want to say 'no' to a child.

some things are not that simple, uhm, at least to me...  :"}

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