[Here's how Bill has read this situation: he has license to do banter until Ford says 'boo hoo, shut up, I'm not as good at banter as you are.' Which he just did.]
HAHAHA. I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HARD TIME, FORDSY. HE'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT MUCH LIKE YOU BESIDES THE HOBBIES.
[True.]
WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO?
[Correct grammar? Do math by hand? Get angry about minor lore changes in tabletop games? Slowly lose brain elasticity? Shoot brother? Try to build something complicated to solve a simple problem?
...All the sarcastic things he has kindly chosen not to say out loud aside, the actual issue is that most of the things they did casually together thirty years ago are completely tainted.]
[What do you even like to do? Invade people's dreams? Make yourself a giant nuisance? Get your thumb on the pulse of everyone on this ship and manipulate the ones you feel will be useful? Crack jokes no one else thinks are funny? Pour dri--
There it is. That'll work.]
Yes, all right, let's do that.
[It's better than anything else that's been suggested. And Ford could use one, after some of the revelations and decisions that have been made today. It really doesn't matter what time of day this conversation is taking place. It could be 7 AM. Ford is still going to drink. With Bill, if he must. It sure looks like that's what's happening.]
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HAHAHA. I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HARD TIME, FORDSY. HE'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT MUCH LIKE YOU BESIDES THE HOBBIES.
[True.]
WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE TO DO?
[Correct grammar? Do math by hand? Get angry about minor lore changes in tabletop games? Slowly lose brain elasticity? Shoot brother? Try to build something complicated to solve a simple problem?
...All the sarcastic things he has kindly chosen not to say out loud aside, the actual issue is that most of the things they did casually together thirty years ago are completely tainted.]
...DO YOU WANNA JUST GET A DRINK?
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There it is. That'll work.]
Yes, all right, let's do that.
[It's better than anything else that's been suggested. And Ford could use one, after some of the revelations and decisions that have been made today. It really doesn't matter what time of day this conversation is taking place. It could be 7 AM. Ford is still going to drink. With Bill, if he must. It sure looks like that's what's happening.]
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I'LL UNLOCK IT, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYBODY ON STAFF RIGHT NOW.
[true]
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