"You know what they say about show and tell, Freckles."
His whole damn life, he don't think he's ever answered a question in a straightforward way. Not when there was a more circuitous route he could take to stretch that answer out, go slow with it, watch it dip and turn and swivel and head back around to where it started, only to flit off to one side or another mid-stream. In a way it's kinda like fly flishin': sometimes, you go where the fish ain't and make 'em come to you. Lull 'em into complacency.
It ain't his attention to lull Freckles into much of anything, except maybe his bed. But he don't want to push, so the thing's gonna have to take its time. It's gonna have to do those slow climbs up steep grades before it can run back down in some sort of free fall. There's a reason they call roller coasters thrill rides.
"They say show me, don't tell me. I hear it on good authority." It's bait and he knows it, but he owes her one of those anyhow. A little somethin' about a Halliburton comes to mind and while evenin' the score ain't his primary concern, he can't help but dangle the carrot just a tiny bit. It's his nature.
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His whole damn life, he don't think he's ever answered a question in a straightforward way. Not when there was a more circuitous route he could take to stretch that answer out, go slow with it, watch it dip and turn and swivel and head back around to where it started, only to flit off to one side or another mid-stream. In a way it's kinda like fly flishin': sometimes, you go where the fish ain't and make 'em come to you. Lull 'em into complacency.
It ain't his attention to lull Freckles into much of anything, except maybe his bed. But he don't want to push, so the thing's gonna have to take its time. It's gonna have to do those slow climbs up steep grades before it can run back down in some sort of free fall. There's a reason they call roller coasters thrill rides.
"They say show me, don't tell me. I hear it on good authority." It's bait and he knows it, but he owes her one of those anyhow. A little somethin' about a Halliburton comes to mind and while evenin' the score ain't his primary concern, he can't help but dangle the carrot just a tiny bit. It's his nature.