( DUPLICITY OVERFLOW )

[vrituom]

Comments

[cowared]

[ He doesn't get what she's getting at with this one. He knows there's some hidden meaning there, but he's always found talk that isn't straightforward to be exhausting.

So he shrugs off the statement. A literal shrug, in fact, as if her comment doesn't mean much at all. ]

If you attack a guard they might put you in prison.

[ Not much of a helpful suggestion, but he says it with a weird amount of sincerity. ]

[vrituom]

Then you'd be an idiot.

( which she's already considering this guy to be. yeah, there was no doubt about the fact that if you attacked a guard you'd be put into prison. though that wasn't particularly any place anyone should want to be. quill might think prisons were better than this but it would end up being both and that wasn't better )

[cowared]

But I'm not the one who would be doing it.

[ Because he's not the one that said that prison would be better than this.

... but also because he's already done it. That forming bruise on his face? It's there for a reason.

He's smart enough to not tell her that, and prove her point though. ]

[vrituom]

( oh, she notes that bruise and whilst he might claim he wouldn't be doing it-- )

You already did.

( the bruise could have come from anywhere, from any fight but she's happy to make such a leap with the topic they're on. idiot )

[cowared]

[ Well that lasted all of five seconds.

He narrows his eyes, debating if he can get away with a lie. He has yet to be able to pull one off, because he can't lie convincingly though. ]

I didn't attack one.

[ Twisting things a bit with that. ]

I helped someone else out, and they attacked me.

[vrituom]

Whatever.

( she doesn't actually care whether he did it or not so whether he does pull of his lie is unclear )

Not exactly important.

[cowared]

[ He chooses to assume it was successful. Excellent job, self. A+! Lies are improving. ]

Mmhm! It doesn't matter.

[ So lets drop the topic. ]