[What a good lie. A great lie, grounded in truth. He even manages to give Joseph a reassuring smile and actually mean it, even though he means it for Fugo.]
It's easier to pretend there aren't any connections to home in a place like this. It takes some of the danger away, you know? Like all this awfulness can't get back to the people back home that I should be protecting. A reminder like this is just--jarring.
[And that's true, too. The reminder of all the work he isn't doing to build up relations with the Speedwagon Foundation makes him worry for the safety of his people. None of it's a lie.]
[He glances sideways at Fugo.] Americans do, I think. [About the peanut butter. Obviously.]
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[What a good lie. A great lie, grounded in truth. He even manages to give Joseph a reassuring smile and actually mean it, even though he means it for Fugo.]
It's easier to pretend there aren't any connections to home in a place like this. It takes some of the danger away, you know? Like all this awfulness can't get back to the people back home that I should be protecting. A reminder like this is just--jarring.
[And that's true, too. The reminder of all the work he isn't doing to build up relations with the Speedwagon Foundation makes him worry for the safety of his people. None of it's a lie.]
[He glances sideways at Fugo.] Americans do, I think. [About the peanut butter. Obviously.]