[The sarcasm isn't what sticks out so much. Sarcastic assholes are a dime a dozen around here. What gets him is how out of place she looks, how she slots sarcasm into the conversation easily just when it seems like the silence is stretching too long.]
[He's not on the ball right now, still a little woozy and bone-weary. Someone could jump him physically right now if they wanted; that wouldn't be hard. But speech patterns and body language are second nature to him - just like paranoia.]
[He gives her a broad smile, the hundred-watt one that used to make girls fall at his feet when that was something he was after, and leans on the nearest treadmill.]
You know you can kill a man with a five-pound weight, right? It's all in the swing.
spamarama
[He's not on the ball right now, still a little woozy and bone-weary. Someone could jump him physically right now if they wanted; that wouldn't be hard. But speech patterns and body language are second nature to him - just like paranoia.]
[He gives her a broad smile, the hundred-watt one that used to make girls fall at his feet when that was something he was after, and leans on the nearest treadmill.]
You know you can kill a man with a five-pound weight, right? It's all in the swing.
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