[He does listen when Jon's talking, and his silence has a distinctly awkward edge to it when Jon points out the obvious fact that he's not as special as he thinks he is for being targeted before. Not compared to Jon, which, he can see that.
It'd be like if Hilbert took everyone as collateral just to get to him, really. Tormenting his experiment at any cost.
...thinking of it like that, actually, he very abruptly realises he has a lot more in common with Jon than he thought.
Before he can comment on it, though, Jon's moved on to the more salient point.]
...well, I have a very supportive CV of the fact that I can be the most annoying person in any given room.
[There's a long exhale as he sighs out his cigarette.]
And he's already worked out I'm weak at the knees for a good authoritarian tone, by the way, and not in the fun way. But... God, it's weird being able to kind of like...
[There's a pause for a moment as he tries to find the right words.]
He's just a guy. Behind all the sense and sensibility and spooks he's just... I dunno. The Eye seems bad for you guys, but he doesn't wanna cop to it.
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It'd be like if Hilbert took everyone as collateral just to get to him, really. Tormenting his experiment at any cost.
...thinking of it like that, actually, he very abruptly realises he has a lot more in common with Jon than he thought.
Before he can comment on it, though, Jon's moved on to the more salient point.]
...well, I have a very supportive CV of the fact that I can be the most annoying person in any given room.
[There's a long exhale as he sighs out his cigarette.]
And he's already worked out I'm weak at the knees for a good authoritarian tone, by the way, and not in the fun way. But... God, it's weird being able to kind of like...
[There's a pause for a moment as he tries to find the right words.]
He's just a guy. Behind all the sense and sensibility and spooks he's just... I dunno. The Eye seems bad for you guys, but he doesn't wanna cop to it.