[ that earns a serious grin, just shy of actually laughing, but it's a weird mix of nonchalant and bitter. sheep and wolves, great word choice. ]
You're right. I didn't mean the drug stash.
[ josh is great at lies that skirt the truth, lies of omission - not so much direct ones. most people don't pay any attention to him back home, but there's no question anyone who did take interest would figure out what was up within a month or less.
he should probably just divert the conversation entirely, and if he hadn't spent over half a year on this ship, he probably would - but the truth is that it's getting increasingly difficult to bother being paranoid about what he is. space is great for perspective, apparently. or possibly awful?? ]
I was going to say rump roast.
[ he offers it up without hesitation, and it's half a challenge. it's such a stupid truth and such a stupid thing to lie about, given how obscure the connection is to the wolf issue - he's tempted to see if neal thinks he's bullshitting. ]
you're wuder
You're right. I didn't mean the drug stash.
[ josh is great at lies that skirt the truth, lies of omission - not so much direct ones. most people don't pay any attention to him back home, but there's no question anyone who did take interest would figure out what was up within a month or less.
he should probably just divert the conversation entirely, and if he hadn't spent over half a year on this ship, he probably would - but the truth is that it's getting increasingly difficult to bother being paranoid about what he is. space is great for perspective, apparently. or possibly awful?? ]
I was going to say rump roast.
[ he offers it up without hesitation, and it's half a challenge. it's such a stupid truth and such a stupid thing to lie about, given how obscure the connection is to the wolf issue - he's tempted to see if neal thinks he's bullshitting. ]