In episode two of season two I tell a story about two very memorable individuals that I met in the span of months and how meeting them served as an

example of how not to treat people. This is a story about the

dangers of the ego and how we can treat every encounter with a person as an example of

how to live or how not to live. I hope you enjoy episode two of season two passing through

Marrakesh. I placed my chopsticks in the center of a small glass bowl filled

halfway with low sodium soy sauce.

My sister sat to my left and my boyfriend, his good friend and lion brother of his fraternity,

Ray, sat directly in front of us.

An empty wooden chair furnished the end of the table, reserved for a friend I'd yet to meet.

Jeff's other lion brother in front of almost two decades, Tommy.

We ordered a few rolls, beers, and appetizers, the conversation ranging from how Ray met his wife to my sister's

feeling surrounding her move to Chicago for her masters.

A plexiglass door swung open, temporarily slicing the dim red-tinged sushi spot with a stream of evening light.

In walked a petite, bald, wide-eyed mochahued man.

I sense that he was taught me by the haze of annoyance said descended upon the table.

My boyfriend and Ray were curious to see who this actor would annoying and

said descended upon the table. My boyfriend and Ray were curious to see who this actor would play in front of a crowd both foreign and familiar.

The guys gripped into a half hug. My sister and I shook his hand giving formal hellos

before taking a seat. My boyfriend had described Tommy to me in detail

prior to that sushi night. Illustrating the highs and lows of their friendship,

hinting at Tommy's ego being, as Kaniya West puts it, the steam that powered his dreams.

But also like Kaniy, Tommy's pernicious narcissism packaged as confidence subsequently

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