[ He keeps the silence to only five seconds and feels reasonably good about that. Nothing really preps someone to listen to nonchalance like that. I'd have been in for it, Vance says, for scratching a toy. Robbie used to say things like that, but the 'it' was losing video game privileges or maybe getting grounded.
No, Robbie was spoiled because he'd had a lot of things Vance didn't, including parents who didn't beat the crap out of him. But the subject needs changing, desperately, and Robbie reaches for the first thing that comes to mind. ]
You're really making it harder and harder for me to understand how you didn't pop an aneurysm first time you heard about what we did to that Quinjet. Forget the paint - we crashed it in Madripoor.
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No, Robbie was spoiled because he'd had a lot of things Vance didn't, including parents who didn't beat the crap out of him. But the subject needs changing, desperately, and Robbie reaches for the first thing that comes to mind. ]
You're really making it harder and harder for me to understand how you didn't pop an aneurysm first time you heard about what we did to that Quinjet. Forget the paint - we crashed it in Madripoor.