[He laughs, an easy, honest sound; he doesn't need her respect. It would be nice if he could earn it doing as he pleases, but it's not something he's willing to go to bat for, not really.
But even he can see that respect is not something someone like her just hands out. I'm not your kindergarten teacher, her own neat line of shots down her target, and he wonders if it would be helpful or hurtful to that end goal to expose himself now.
Sometimes, the most disarming thing to do when caught out in a lie is begin to tell the truth; but Alec hasn't been caught out yet, and he doesn't intend to be. He nods.]
I can work with that.
[At which point he walks down to his target, shoots the bullseye pointblank with the handgun, and tears it down off the post to bring back to her.]
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But even he can see that respect is not something someone like her just hands out. I'm not your kindergarten teacher, her own neat line of shots down her target, and he wonders if it would be helpful or hurtful to that end goal to expose himself now.
Sometimes, the most disarming thing to do when caught out in a lie is begin to tell the truth; but Alec hasn't been caught out yet, and he doesn't intend to be. He nods.]
I can work with that.
[At which point he walks down to his target, shoots the bullseye pointblank with the handgun, and tears it down off the post to bring back to her.]