Hearncounter

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A Hearncounter is a chance encounter with a person who one fully expects to see that day, but in a completely different place than one expects to see them. Poliner Matthew Hearn has perfected the Hearncounter by repeatedly running into his roommates at the mall or Memorial University, even though Hearn sightings actually in the house are far less frequent than one would expect. The need to coin a word for this was established on the day of a graphic design industry fair at CONA, and Liam Peacock was looking forward to seeing old family friend Mira Howards, who had recently gotten a graphic design job in St. John's. Mira didn't show up at CONA, but Liam did run into her on that day while catching a Metrobus. This was the first time he had seen her in about 15 years. But Hearn is still better at it.