"I was just... Being nice. Joking. Showing him his intimidation didn't work on me," Ted answers, finally going into a proper recount.
"Then I brought up his dad, that I knew he was doing it because in his mind, I was ruining his connection to his dad. Shocked him, I guess. Told him about my dad. You know, getting him to think about why he loved Richmond so much, why he wanted to defend it. Then I..." he pauses heavily. "Accused him of hurting Richmond by attacking me. Which made him defensive enough to mention that he wasn't the only one, that there was this Perry fella who agreed with him. Poked him into describing him." He pauses and sighs. "That's about it."
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Date: 2021-07-13 04:33 am (UTC)"Then I brought up his dad, that I knew he was doing it because in his mind, I was ruining his connection to his dad. Shocked him, I guess. Told him about my dad. You know, getting him to think about why he loved Richmond so much, why he wanted to defend it. Then I..." he pauses heavily. "Accused him of hurting Richmond by attacking me. Which made him defensive enough to mention that he wasn't the only one, that there was this Perry fella who agreed with him. Poked him into describing him." He pauses and sighs. "That's about it."
He doesn't sound very proud of his success.