Re: call: connie/patrick
Whoa whoa no one said anything about poking dragons. What do you think can go wrong?
[He knows what her change of tone means. This is like Con when he was failing math in middle school, trying to explain concepts that felt like they made no sense at all.] Mom is an elf from ancient times. [He says it like he's testing it out, because this is crazy. We all realize this is intensely insane, right?] Con, Mom is just some stranger I've heard about. I wouldn't recognize her. [Which he knows that she knows, before she even says as much.] Legolas. [Yep, helpful, Patrick, well done.] I couldn't understand anything they said. You could've. I bet you would've figured all that shit out, you know, like you did my math homework when I was being a fail dunce. [Soft, only a little awk.] Don't cry, hey. I didn't mean to bring up bad shit.