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What does it mean?
A character discovers someone else has used their seat.
In plain terms
Someone has sat in my chair.
What can you take from it?
Expectations about personal space can be broken.

Where it applies

  • detective story
  • childs play

Putting it to work

  • setting a scene
  • humor

Questions to consider

  • Where do you feel safest?
  • How do you react to intrusions?

Another view

It is trivial without context.

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