things overheard in a chinese buffet

the scene:

two children (boy and girl, i believe) with mother. they are sitting behind us.

boy offers something to mother. mom says, "mommy doesn't want it. please shut up."

same mother: "the only way to inherit money is if someone dies. you don't want mommy to die, do you?"

boy: "mom, are we like the T-Rex?"
mom: "in what way?"
boy: "in the way we eat meat."

the table in front of us. there are two brothers and their father. they just came from some sporting practice.

younger brother: "i'm not afraid of hitting. i love killing people!"
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other occurences:

the restaurant sits everyone together in a big mass in the middle. perhaps to make the restaurant look crowded. it makes my mom, sister and i pretty uncomfortable. it's like being in an elevator with your enemies.

there are two boys chasing each other around and around the tables. i feel like they are playing duck duck goose but ignoring the main goal of playing. suddenly, the big brother breaks out in tears. it's the loudest sound i've heard. like the alarm clock in the morning or the fire alarm in the middle of the night. the squeal of butchered pigs.

i give my mom this look like, "please, dear god, please get me out of here alive." we barely make it. when we walk outside it's pouring rain. 
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