[E-mail: Nova]

[a_wrong_turn]

[While she's out the next day! Doing some "shopping," which means hunting to get some more raw meat to keep in his basement.]

You make any progress on learning people's names yet?

Comments

[a_wrong_turn]

I hope it's not gonna be lying. I'm a kinda shitty liar.

[taking_names]

I'm good at lying sometimes, if you want help.

[a_wrong_turn]

You don't say.

Okay. Let's play a game. It's called two truths and a lie.

Tell me two true things and a lie. I have to guess which the lie is.

[taking_names]

What like right now

[a_wrong_turn]

No, next Tuesday. Yeah, right now!

[taking_names]

It's hard because I just voluntarily invalidated my reality.

...could you give me like a topic

[a_wrong_turn]

Do you want me to go first?

[taking_names]

...maybe.

[a_wrong_turn]

Okay... One of these is a lie.

[Uuuuh hm this is kind of hard.]

I like your new haircut better than the old one.

I think your player is kinda funny.

I was jealous when I first found out you lived with Iravati.

[taking_names]

The first one.

You mourned!

[a_wrong_turn]

See? I'm bad at lying.

[taking_names]

The trick is to make yourself believe it's true.

[a_wrong_turn]

Sounds complicated. Huh, let's see...

Well, I guess your current haircut is kinda cute.

[taking_names]

Are you lying still

I don't like this game anymore

[a_wrong_turn]

I dunno, you tell me!

[taking_names]

Disguising the truth as a lie so you can get away with it without being embarrassed about complimenting me.

[a_wrong_turn]

LIES

[Not lies.]

[taking_names]

Here, let me go.

I think your obsession with squids is endearing.

I secretly enjoy when you throw things in my hair.

I think I understand the rules of baseball.

[a_wrong_turn]

The third is a lie.

[taking_names]

Wrong!!

I looked baseball up when I was sober.

It's number two. I tolerate it at best because it inexplicably amuses you so much.

[a_wrong_turn]

Dammit! Your hair's totally awesome for it, though. So perfect for catching things.

[taking_names]

I can only pretend to understand

[a_wrong_turn]

It's fun to play with. It's soft and full and shit they'd say in a shampoo commercial.

And if we ever run out of food, I can subsist on the bounty I've stored in it.

[taking_names]

Ew.

[a_wrong_turn]

...yeah, that one got away from me