[Is that a call-out? He feels vaguely called out despite himself but now he's overthinking it and he's worried that Jon knows something he's not saying and he's freaking himself out thinking about it.]
Yeah, obviously. Only for most people the lie is something stupid like, "Oh yeah, I'll totally ace that test I haven't studied for", or- or "just one more won't hurt". Not-- "my space-boss who's got literally no trace of humanity or- even a concept of morality is gonna make me 'employee of the apocalypse', for sure".
[He gives a light snort.]
Points to Elias for really honing that specificality.
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[Is that a call-out? He feels vaguely called out despite himself but now he's overthinking it and he's worried that Jon knows something he's not saying and he's freaking himself out thinking about it.]
Yeah, obviously. Only for most people the lie is something stupid like, "Oh yeah, I'll totally ace that test I haven't studied for", or- or "just one more won't hurt". Not-- "my space-boss who's got literally no trace of humanity or- even a concept of morality is gonna make me 'employee of the apocalypse', for sure".
[He gives a light snort.]
Points to Elias for really honing that specificality.
[He means 'specificity'.]