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# "Hello, Evan."
- URL: https://www.projectevan.com/hello-evan/
- Published: 2026-06-30T03:40:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-10T02:37:24.000Z
- Author: Evan Mercer
- Tags: formal man, coffee shop, story, illustrations

![Formal older man in hat and gloves sits at a rainy coffee shop window with a coffee cup and black briefcase.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/06/mon_formal_man_meeting-1.jpg)

This happened this morning. I'm still processing.

He had a higher voice than I would have thought, and spoke with an accent I couldn't categorize let alone identify.

![Evan sits alone at a rainy coffee shop table. A formal older man sits down uninvited and greets him by name.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/06/mon_formal_man_page_1.jpg)

![The Formal Man tells Evan he has seen his site, asks what Evan knows, and calls Evan’s posts “Portents.”](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/06/mon_formal_man_page_2.jpg)

![Evan says the posts are stupid jokes. The Formal Man looks stunned, then says “Interesting” as Evan offers to remove his pictures.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/06/mon_formal_man_page_3.jpg)

![The Formal Man urgently tells Evan not to change the site, says to keep going, and asks Evan to take his picture.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/06/mon_formal_man_page_4.jpg)

![Evan hesitates to take the photo. The Formal Man says Evan will post the meeting on his site and insists, “You must!”](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/06/mon_formal_man_page_5.jpg)

![The Formal Man explains the meeting qualifies as interesting, Evan takes his photo, and the man leaves Evan alone and shaken.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/88/e88830a3-d951-4682-b91c-ff9b3de17f28/content/images/2026/06/mon_formal_man_page_6.jpg)