[Alexei barks out a sudden laugh. He's still chuckling a little as he pulls a cigarette from the pack in his pocket and lights it.]
I know.
[But god did he ever need it.]
Didn't figure I'd live long enough to care when I picked it up. [He tilts his head, looking at the lit cigarette. Shrugs.] I've cut down. But, y'know. Habits.
I am completely innocent. Don't know what you're talking about.
[Since he has a better idea of where Jinu is coming from now, and that the guy actually wants to try and joke around with him, he takes it in entirely good humour.
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[Nod, nod.
Is he taking that news a bit too well? It's hardly strange to him. Very little is by now.]
Cool. [Another look. He's not staring. If anything he just seems mildly interested.] And this is... a secret.
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One person knows. And you now. Annnnd it looks like that's it, since the deck's pretty empty.
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Mmmn. Guess so. Then I'll keep it to myself.
[Since he figures there is a reason Jinu isn't making it public.]
You mind if I smoke?
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Those things'll kill you, you know.
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I know.
[But god did he ever need it.]
Didn't figure I'd live long enough to care when I picked it up. [He tilts his head, looking at the lit cigarette. Shrugs.] I've cut down. But, y'know. Habits.
[He'll quit, eventually. Probably.]
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[ This, however, has no bite to it. He's smiling, just a little, as he shakes his head. ]
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I am completely innocent. Don't know what you're talking about.
[Since he has a better idea of where Jinu is coming from now, and that the guy actually wants to try and joke around with him, he takes it in entirely good humour.
Hand on heart.]
Such terrible accusations.
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[ Pure shit-eating bullshit here. ]
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That's us. Both just so entirely innocent. Pure as the driven snow.
[Absolute bullshit.]
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'Driven'? Isn't that the grey stuff on the side of the road?
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You know, it sounds that way, but 'driven snow''s the really soft, white stuff that gets picked up and pushed into drifts by the wind.
[A beat.]
There's a lot of snow where I'm from.