With a certain level of humour, this story tells of a sweet reunion between best friends, and although it mentions the prompt and attempts to explain it, it does not feature or highlight the small pertinent details of the subject matter as part of the plot. It feels like there was an opportunity missed here to develop the story further to tease out the nuances of the idiom.
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I structured with the prompt and I guess it couldn't help but reflect on my entry. 😔