abetterlie

I don't think cavemen could take astronauts. If, you know, both were fighting.

Seriously. First week in Stanford, you hang out with some guys, and there is this argument. Don't know why or who brought it up, but now I figure it's sort of a virus infecting everyone, because that day before I got my memories restored, when I was at Wolfram and Hart, and Angel was introducing me to everyone, there were two secretaries arguing about that as well and they looked way guilty when Angel caught them at it - I guess he really was the boss from hell, but hey, they signed up for that!. And when I came to New York and started college there? Same thing. First week, I swear.

Now I'm in Savannah. Guess what the first topic of conversation was once they got over the "so how old are you again?" and "dude, what did you do to get kicked out of Stanford?" stuff at college? Right. And the thing is, I have a kind of survival policy about that argument. Because nobody wants to hear an astronaut would win, not really, because nobody believes that. I mean, it's like saying you believe in Santa Claus or something. Back in L.A. someone told me there is a Santa Claus, only he's actually a demon into eating children. But he has a raindeer and a sled. Hunting him would be awesome, so I hope that's true. So what you say is "caveman, all the way" because otherwise everyone believes you're nuts, and you're off to a bad start, and it's really not worth it.

But it's a complete lie.

It's not a matter of guessing, you know; when Father arrived in Quortoth with a baby, he was the closest thing to an astronaut meeting cavemen you'll get. Your avarage Quortoth demon is more vicious than any caveman, and he beat enough of them to survive for years with me as a drawback, before I was old enough to help. So? Astronauts. All the way.

If you were waiting for something deeper, no way, Jose. Important stuff I lie about I lie about for a reason.


OOC and ETA: the entire conversation with Kara ensuing is locked after Connor realized where it was going...