Do you think of yourself in terms of how useful you are to others?
[ Lancer had no illusions of maintaining an ease to their conversation. The topic had already been breached, after all, and scotch often made folks honest. ]
[Emerald takes a moment to answer that. she's trying to come off as deep in thought, but with how pointed and obvious a question it is, it's hard not to be caught off-guard. it's hard to stop her eyebrows from shooting up, and she raises the glass to her lips again like it's going to hide anything.]
Can we talk about something else? [she doesn't think it'll work, but she's buying herself time with another sip for when she inevitably has to answer the question posed to her.]
no subject
[ Lancer had no illusions of maintaining an ease to their conversation. The topic had already been breached, after all, and scotch often made folks honest. ]
no subject
Can we talk about something else? [she doesn't think it'll work, but she's buying herself time with another sip for when she inevitably has to answer the question posed to her.]