[That doesn't sound like him, and it takes a moment for him to remember it was because Beckett had been probing about him being potentially non human.]
O-Oh-- haha... but I did answer your question, remember? I told you that I was just a normal kid.
Yes. At which point I told you that you aren't a very good liar, and a few more attempts at hedging later we were talking about alchemy. Not much of a track record.
Fine, a human with an unusual ability. I stand corrected. [He does not sound corrected. Potayto, potahto. Magic is magic.] I believe this. But I also believe that you were trying to hide it.
[For someone who's so bad at lying, Beckett has to admit, Al is fairly good at dodging. And Beckett dislikes being dodged even more than he dislikes being lied to.]
You are asking for trust while hiding something. I know it. You know it. Are we going to run in circles all day? I have things to do. Not freezing to death is a harder job than it looks.
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Date: 2015-12-07 04:56 pm (UTC)[That doesn't sound like him, and it takes a moment for him to remember it was because Beckett had been probing about him being potentially non human.]
O-Oh-- haha... but I did answer your question, remember? I told you that I was just a normal kid.
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Date: 2015-12-10 02:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-12-10 05:21 pm (UTC)[That much, at least, is true. He still sees himself as human, even if his body isn't exactly conventional right now.]
It's not my fault that you don't believe me.
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Date: 2015-12-10 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-12-11 06:29 pm (UTC)[That, at least, is the truth even if he knows he's just obscuring something else with it.]
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Date: 2015-12-13 11:38 pm (UTC)You are asking for trust while hiding something. I know it. You know it. Are we going to run in circles all day? I have things to do. Not freezing to death is a harder job than it looks.