[if Tek was going to wonder how Tonic was taking this revelation, the fact that the other man turns his back on him is very telling. the grin too--it all plays into whatever he's going to do with it from there.
he doesn't hurry in replacing the dead man's things on the table, taking a moment to arrange them neatly, before he finally steps over to join Tonic at the edge of the bath.]
Don't tell me you're going to want to stop pretending. That's half of what we do.
[he says it with a light teasing tone. it's a joke, but it's also undoubtedly only the first step in a much longer thought process.]
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he doesn't hurry in replacing the dead man's things on the table, taking a moment to arrange them neatly, before he finally steps over to join Tonic at the edge of the bath.]
Don't tell me you're going to want to stop pretending. That's half of what we do.
[he says it with a light teasing tone. it's a joke, but it's also undoubtedly only the first step in a much longer thought process.]