You'd prefer people to think that way, wouldn't you.
[ it's not a question, if only because she thinks she knows him enough by now to be able to tell the difference; just like she knows that neither of them are really fooling each other right now.
but that's part of the game they often play, their usual song and dance that they know the steps to. this is not entirely the same, but it all feels almost too easy in the way they meet each other in their current circumstance. maybe it's the fact that they've worked well together in the past, or perhaps it's mutual respect—either way, she isn't complaining. ]
Yes. I think I'm finished. [ she's quite certain that they've both lost interest in the food, preoccupied with something else entirely. she glances to the front of the bar where it's currently empty, the proprietress nowhere to be found. ] What about you?
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[ it's not a question, if only because she thinks she knows him enough by now to be able to tell the difference; just like she knows that neither of them are really fooling each other right now.
but that's part of the game they often play, their usual song and dance that they know the steps to. this is not entirely the same, but it all feels almost too easy in the way they meet each other in their current circumstance. maybe it's the fact that they've worked well together in the past, or perhaps it's mutual respect—either way, she isn't complaining. ]
Yes. I think I'm finished. [ she's quite certain that they've both lost interest in the food, preoccupied with something else entirely. she glances to the front of the bar where it's currently empty, the proprietress nowhere to be found. ] What about you?