instantly demanding

[spynotsoldier]

Send me undercover.

No, don't second guess yourself. You can do this, I have total faith in you. Don't act so surprised, just listen to me now. Are you?

Good.

Send me undercover. Don't leave me in this, limbo like all the other maybes. I don't do downtime.

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[kneecaptain]

Nah, I like plenty of stuff.

Just not everything that I'm good at. [He sure was good at being a brainwashed assassin but that was just a phase.]

[spynotsoldier]

Plenty, really? [She's unconvinced.]

[kneecaptain]

Sure. [CHALLENGE ACCEPTED]

I like… baseball. I like my girlfriend. I like beating everyone else at poker. [He likes to fight, too, but he doesn't like saying it, so much.]

[spynotsoldier]

[She counts them off on her fingers.] Poker, baseball, girlfriend. That's three. If it fits on one hand, it doesn't count as plenty.

[kneecaptain]

You're just being picky.

[spynotsoldier]

[Laughter that sounds genuine, though, that's not much to go on.] If you say so. Three is better than none. It's a dull life, not liking anything at all.

Or so I've heard.

[kneecaptain]

I like more than three things, those were just examples.

But I figure you don't got time to listen to a stranger go through a whole list. You wanna be busy being someone else.

[spynotsoldier]

You're right. Places to go people to be. It's been nice talking to you. [She smiles, as empty as the platitude.]