The date did not go well. Not only did he open up by making an elaborate distinction between Marxism and Leninism, he then kept going about how we should not overlook the merits of Maoism in our attempt to stay current. The he launched into a monologue about

She was not above admitting that she zoned out at this point. Indeed, they both seemed to be in the zone at that moment, albeit quite different ones. At length, he seemed to reach some sort of conclusion

“…and that’s how a real revolution takes place”

“That’s nice dear”, she said absentmindedly,  thinking about how to best end this relationship before it began