...Um. I mean, I got into my great-grandma's stuff once and had it all over my face and it didn't kill me or anything, so.
[He pauses, and superficially seems to be processing the question, except that beneath the surface he's actually processing the deeper implications — because as much as he's struck out and tripped on his face already in this conversation, this time at least he thinks he's got a pretty good handle on where this line of questioning goes.
So he drags it out on the pretense of reminiscing first, then deliberately pushes it back into the realm of normalcy, and groups it together in with other things, casual things, guy things that they already do and have done and are doing even at this very minute.]
Besides. It can't be that much different than passing around the same cigarette. If you're gonna catch something from me, you're already fucked a couple dozen drags over.
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[He pauses, and superficially seems to be processing the question, except that beneath the surface he's actually processing the deeper implications — because as much as he's struck out and tripped on his face already in this conversation, this time at least he thinks he's got a pretty good handle on where this line of questioning goes.
So he drags it out on the pretense of reminiscing first, then deliberately pushes it back into the realm of normalcy, and groups it together in with other things, casual things, guy things that they already do and have done and are doing even at this very minute.]
Besides. It can't be that much different than passing around the same cigarette. If you're gonna catch something from me, you're already fucked a couple dozen drags over.