[ John's following along nicely, and he's buttering this bread very successfully, and it's all very innocuous - until he almost gouges himself with the butter knife. it's a short moment between that and recovery. just a second. the buttered bread slice has been impaled and may not recover from its injuries but he's back to scraping more butter from the dish almost as soon as he makes the slip, and all in all he'll call it a win.
you'd think, by now, he thinks to himself. you'd think, by now, by the ripe old age of 38, you might have managed to acquire some sort of a sense for this.
he hasn't. that much is painfully clear. ]
So you extorted students for alcohol in exchange for not helping them cheat their way through their degrees. Those are some interesting layers of unscrupulous behaviour. [ onwards and upwards, keep the conversation moving here John. ] Here you are, con-artist extraordinaire, worrying that I'll be offended by your fortune-telling money, when in fact...
[ in fact you're at least two things I didn't know you were two minutes ago. bread goes plated, one slice accessorised with a small stab wound, and set down on the counter Dirk's leaning on. those next, please. ]
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you'd think, by now, he thinks to himself. you'd think, by now, by the ripe old age of 38, you might have managed to acquire some sort of a sense for this.
he hasn't. that much is painfully clear. ]
So you extorted students for alcohol in exchange for not helping them cheat their way through their degrees. Those are some interesting layers of unscrupulous behaviour. [ onwards and upwards, keep the conversation moving here John. ] Here you are, con-artist extraordinaire, worrying that I'll be offended by your fortune-telling money, when in fact...
[ in fact you're at least two things I didn't know you were two minutes ago. bread goes plated, one slice accessorised with a small stab wound, and set down on the counter Dirk's leaning on. those next, please. ]