#redreignx

[strangcrdoctor]

‘ i’m not a sick-o, i’m just interested in– okay, maybe i’m a little weird. ’

“Aha. The truth comes out. You know, I do find it helpful to at least be somewhat transparent about these things - it saves time otherwise wasted on back-pedaling,” he said, looking at the young man who’d ended up sitting next to him at the bar and eventually gotten around to making very bizarre if entertaining small talk with. The locale was packed but quiet, the sort of place easy to scope if one was on the lookout for someone. And although he didn’t know if that’s why the other was there, he had a sneaking suspicion it was something of the like.

“Granted, complete transparency is usually disastrous. But I’ve found vague disclaimers can be very expedient.”