[Well, all right, then. Dirk has dealt with rude before. He deals with rude astonishingly often, in fact. He knows what to do: behave as though it isn't happening at all.
He gives an easy, utterly benign shrug.]
Never hurts to ask.
[Honestly, the prospect of this man knowing John is intriguing enough that Dirk genuinely isn't particularly ruffled by the fellow's demeanor, which he generously chalks up to the inevitable result of waking up on the wrong side of the stasis pod. They have, of course, all been there. Dirk actually isn't sure if there's a right side of the stasis pod when it comes to the wildly deleterious effects they seem to have on one's mood.]
New to this, I meant.
[A broad, sweeping gesture to indicate... all of it, really.]
Obviously you're not a newborn. Though that does, as you so rightly point out, fail to account for people who are newborns non-obviously.
[Stealth newborns. Newborns undercover, masquerading as adults. As, perhaps, grumpy men in long coats.]
Absolutely right of you to clarify. So do you know him?
no subject
He gives an easy, utterly benign shrug.]
Never hurts to ask.
[Honestly, the prospect of this man knowing John is intriguing enough that Dirk genuinely isn't particularly ruffled by the fellow's demeanor, which he generously chalks up to the inevitable result of waking up on the wrong side of the stasis pod. They have, of course, all been there. Dirk actually isn't sure if there's a right side of the stasis pod when it comes to the wildly deleterious effects they seem to have on one's mood.]
New to this, I meant.
[A broad, sweeping gesture to indicate... all of it, really.]
Obviously you're not a newborn. Though that does, as you so rightly point out, fail to account for people who are newborns non-obviously.
[Stealth newborns. Newborns undercover, masquerading as adults. As, perhaps, grumpy men in long coats.]
Absolutely right of you to clarify. So do you know him?