This passage is employing the narrative device of "suspense" since the reader is prompted to think about what possibly could stop him from hearing this tone again. It is assumed that it's something bad.
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well there isn't even a house so thats cool and all
Vocational schools are usually trade schools.
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It focuses on saying that your life is like a book. You write your own story. (You live your own life; nobody lives it for you.)
