[He says, intelligently, like the dumbass he is, until it starts to occur to him that Avdol isn't talking about approving of Jolyne's existence (why would he say "I don't think Jolyne would disapprove either" if he were talking about her existing? Of course she wouldn't disapprove) and therefore, logically, he must be talking about something else.
And —
It's not like he didn't know what he was getting into, deciding to talk to Avdol about it. Jolyne is his daughter, but he's still enough of an enigma to her that he's pretty sure she can't read him at a glance. Abbacchio figured him out, partway, but only in an objective sense, not in a way that he could intuit details.
Avdol knows him. Knows his tells. Knows the signs. Avdol knows where to look to find the things he wants to know.
Avdol's smiling at him like the bastard he is. Bastard.]
No. Shut up. Cut it out. Quit looking at me like that!
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[He says, intelligently, like the dumbass he is, until it starts to occur to him that Avdol isn't talking about approving of Jolyne's existence (why would he say "I don't think Jolyne would disapprove either" if he were talking about her existing? Of course she wouldn't disapprove) and therefore, logically, he must be talking about something else.
And —
It's not like he didn't know what he was getting into, deciding to talk to Avdol about it. Jolyne is his daughter, but he's still enough of an enigma to her that he's pretty sure she can't read him at a glance. Abbacchio figured him out, partway, but only in an objective sense, not in a way that he could intuit details.
Avdol knows him. Knows his tells. Knows the signs. Avdol knows where to look to find the things he wants to know.
Avdol's smiling at him like the bastard he is. Bastard.]
No. Shut up. Cut it out. Quit looking at me like that!
[SO MUCH TSUN IT'S A TSUNAMI]
He's not that okay! He makes me crazy. Shut up!