Jules and Eddie met in Hong Kong four years ago in the most unlikeliest of places. Unbeknown to each other, both had been invited by the same mutual friends to a local wet market restaurant in North Point. Eddie, punctual as always, arrived to an empty table with a dozen vacant seats. This was, however, Hong Kong in late 2019...and with tear gas and rubber bullets flying just a street away, Eddie looked down at the group chat on his phone in disbelief as people started bailing out of dinner one after the other. Saddened at the prospect of having ironed a nice shirt for nothing, he proceeded to start drinking by himself.

Several beers later...a young lady walks in. She can't find her table, but she does find it amusing to see a young man at such a large empty table drinking by himself. "Hi, I'm Julie...."

And they were on their way...

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