[ Lightning lets Hope tend to the dog while she pulls on her coat, then feels through the pockets for the set of gloves hidden there as well. Considering he followed her out and doesn't seem that caught up with what just happened back in the apartment, she already figures he's going to ask her what's up...
But it's funny how strangely blank her mind seems to go when actually confronted about it, even when she'd been practically obsessed only a few minutes beforehand. ]
Not intentionally. [ And not a lie-- or so she thinks at first. The moment it's out of her mouth she realizes that it's not entirely true, because while she hasn't been trying to mislead Hope, there are things she's been neglecting to mention. And some of those are likely pretty deliberate, whether she realized it at the time or not. ]
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But it's funny how strangely blank her mind seems to go when actually confronted about it, even when she'd been practically obsessed only a few minutes beforehand. ]
Not intentionally. [ And not a lie-- or so she thinks at first. The moment it's out of her mouth she realizes that it's not entirely true, because while she hasn't been trying to mislead Hope, there are things she's been neglecting to mention. And some of those are likely pretty deliberate, whether she realized it at the time or not. ]
... But yes.