[FINE....I'll behave, but only because I missed you.
It's a weak excuse, sure, but the rest really does track. Not that nosiness isn't its own reward, honestly. But give a little, get a little. Hard to say if it's some sense of common ground, or some sense of curiosity, or some sense of commiseration—being new in town, getting a feel for the city, carefully fishing for information while playing ones cards close to the chest—but he seems to accept that answer well enough.
He spreads his hands out in front of him. Palm-up, as if to project an air of harmlessness. (He is not. But, y'know.)]
What about getting mugged on the top of a shitty motel?
[It's not a threat, really. There's not enough intent there for it to ring that way, and he hasn't moved from his relaxed sprawl against the wall. Just wondering. You don't seem worried about that!]
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It's a weak excuse, sure, but the rest really does track. Not that nosiness isn't its own reward, honestly. But give a little, get a little. Hard to say if it's some sense of common ground, or some sense of curiosity, or some sense of commiseration—being new in town, getting a feel for the city, carefully fishing for information while playing ones cards close to the chest—but he seems to accept that answer well enough.
He spreads his hands out in front of him. Palm-up, as if to project an air of harmlessness. (He is not. But, y'know.)]
What about getting mugged on the top of a shitty motel?
[It's not a threat, really. There's not enough intent there for it to ring that way, and he hasn't moved from his relaxed sprawl against the wall. Just wondering. You don't seem worried about that!]