Hey, hey, hey
Here’s your change, sir. And that’s $9.80 worth of ice for your teh peng. Not sure why you need that much, our teh isn’t very strong, but the customer is always right. I suppose you will keep your glass topped up so that you can sit here, unmasked, for a long time.

Eventually, the tea will lose its colour and the ice will melt and all that's left are great puddles of condensation on the table, changing the ecology of how ants ambulate for scraps, drowning out conversation as you dab tissue paper to keep your elbows from getting wet.