alethiological: (Étienne Dolet (d. 1546))
Willard H. Wright ([personal profile] alethiological) wrote in [personal profile] dialetheism 2019-07-27 06:38 pm (UTC)

[ They both know how the game works by now. Especially Lion, considering the immediate grammar correction. Well-played, he was about to snipe them for it. The answer is a hypothetical yes, but they're easily distracted and wouldn't take it serio-

Cut off. There's a flash of annoyance, maybe. Okay, hypothetically, if he would teach them assuming they took it seriously, there's still the problem of Lion being a petulant child and him being rele-

And again.

The smile they get is less a smile, more the annoyed wince that crosses someone's face when the light of their existence makes them look like a moron in public, but at the same time being infinitely proud of them for finally learning what comebacks are.

Dammit. ]


...I get it. Take the point and shut it.

[ Lion can mark that down as two points: one that he just gave them, and another for making him give it in the first place. Maybe half of a third one, since it means - even if it doesn't feel like it sometimes - they've gotten good enough at reading their partner that it's actually throwing him off. Lion is beautiful no, wrong, they're a menace. ]

Weren't you in a class for that?

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