[and Tonic can't keep up his show of control for long, snickering and covering his own mouth again, much the way that Tek had been doing before.]
Well, it's... I was a younger man, back then...
[much more energetic, probably had more limbs to work with. he shakes his head, trying to free himself of mental images from years ago... but when no other questions come to him immediately, he decides to throw out one that doesn't take much thought, maybe just to buy himself some more time.]
Okay, how about this: I've never been rained on.
[he pops another one of those (now turning room-temperature) leftover nuggets into his mouth, fully expecting this one to be an easy win.]
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Well, it's... I was a younger man, back then...
[much more energetic, probably had more limbs to work with. he shakes his head, trying to free himself of mental images from years ago... but when no other questions come to him immediately, he decides to throw out one that doesn't take much thought, maybe just to buy himself some more time.]
Okay, how about this: I've never been rained on.
[he pops another one of those (now turning room-temperature) leftover nuggets into his mouth, fully expecting this one to be an easy win.]