07-31-2014, 03:46 PM
Connor listened to the kid. He may be young but he wasn't stupid. And while Connor had reacted mostly on the inside- and after the other guy had made his parting...admonishment or warning, depending on whether he was just evangelical or Atharim- how he felt was probably written on his face. The reasons for those feelings could be many, he knew; from what he actually was, a man with a database full of Atharim targets in his pocket, to just a douchey guy who didn't appreciate a contemporary telling him, a grown ass man, what he should and shouldn't be focusing on in life.
Either way though, the kid had picked up on it and pieced it together with the lie he told earlier. Except that he spent many hours in bookstores reading and passing the time himself. He never bothered to analyze the truthfulness of the people around him's conversations unless it was about something he knew. Then, it was all he could do to shut up rather than turn around and tell them that they had no clue what they were talking about.
That intrigued him. There was no reason for him to care about what Connor was talking about- to assess its reasonableness- unless he had knowledge on the subject. Connor smiled at him, his mind piecing it together. Hayden's age, apparently aware of what he was researching, commenting on the other guys warning as if he knew it was all too true. And he looks familiar. AND I've never been to the Kremlin.
"I'm just a guy who works with computers. Can't really lay much lower than that. We're the new janitors of society, sort of. Every building needs us."
He paused and dropped his casualness to speak pointedly to him. "But I do appreciate the warning. Definitely an air about that guy,"
nodding the direction the man'd went.
And then he went back to it. He chuckled a bit. "It's alright work. Sometimes slow. Sometimes we all just end up goofing off or looking at interesting videos on the internet."
He shrugged. "Course, you can't believe everything you see in those, now. Not really. Special effects these days."
He looked pointedly at the kid, hoping he understood. "I'll tell you what, that kind of stuff has really changed since I was a kid. Now, anyone with a decent Wallet can make it look like someone can fly- or really anything!"
He continued to watch the young man. He needed someone he could trust enough to get rid of this damn list.
Edited by Connor Kent, Jul 31 2014, 07:32 PM.
Either way though, the kid had picked up on it and pieced it together with the lie he told earlier. Except that he spent many hours in bookstores reading and passing the time himself. He never bothered to analyze the truthfulness of the people around him's conversations unless it was about something he knew. Then, it was all he could do to shut up rather than turn around and tell them that they had no clue what they were talking about.
That intrigued him. There was no reason for him to care about what Connor was talking about- to assess its reasonableness- unless he had knowledge on the subject. Connor smiled at him, his mind piecing it together. Hayden's age, apparently aware of what he was researching, commenting on the other guys warning as if he knew it was all too true. And he looks familiar. AND I've never been to the Kremlin.
"I'm just a guy who works with computers. Can't really lay much lower than that. We're the new janitors of society, sort of. Every building needs us."
He paused and dropped his casualness to speak pointedly to him. "But I do appreciate the warning. Definitely an air about that guy,"
nodding the direction the man'd went.
And then he went back to it. He chuckled a bit. "It's alright work. Sometimes slow. Sometimes we all just end up goofing off or looking at interesting videos on the internet."
He shrugged. "Course, you can't believe everything you see in those, now. Not really. Special effects these days."
He looked pointedly at the kid, hoping he understood. "I'll tell you what, that kind of stuff has really changed since I was a kid. Now, anyone with a decent Wallet can make it look like someone can fly- or really anything!"
He continued to watch the young man. He needed someone he could trust enough to get rid of this damn list.
Edited by Connor Kent, Jul 31 2014, 07:32 PM.