[ if billy hadn't clarified what he meant with so much naive, kind optimism, derek would have gone into the rest of this conversation a little tense - but christ, what a nice kid. he only seems to be correcting derek because he's being kind of pedantic, but it's still pretty rare to meet someone quick to refuse the connection between werewolves and monsters. if derek were more of a people person, he'd say that it means a lot, having billy, a normal, regular human, take his safety at derek's word - but he's not, so. instead - ]
You shouldn't be so quick to trust me. That's dangerous. You have no reason to believe I don't like eating stringy little teenagers for breakfast. I could be lying to you. Anyone around here could be lying to you. You're being an idiot.
[ ... but also - ]
You don't have to convince me to show you. I don't know what you're expecting to see, but. Can I call you?
[ through video, he means. he doesn't want to just spring that on billy if he hasn't, like, cleaned his room, or whatever. ]
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You shouldn't be so quick to trust me. That's dangerous.
You have no reason to believe I don't like eating stringy little teenagers for breakfast.
I could be lying to you. Anyone around here could be lying to you.
You're being an idiot.
[ ... but also - ]
You don't have to convince me to show you.
I don't know what you're expecting to see, but.
Can I call you?
[ through video, he means. he doesn't want to just spring that on billy if he hasn't, like, cleaned his room, or whatever. ]