[ Hardison's face scrunches up, the better to put his full distaste on blast. ]
Oh, it's real, brother. I got hypnotized into playing the world's hardest violin solo. Without any of my prior consent and knowledge, I might add. [ NATE. ] Y'know, it's a trust thing. It's about trust. You gotta ask before you start incepting a man. I'd've probably said yes, I wasn't on that job to embarrass myself. But that's--
[ He waves a hand. ]
It's not even worth talking about. I'm not gonna cross the job streams, that's unprofessional, I apologize. It is real and there are people it works on. Not everybody across the board. But some people.
[ Matt, sadly not a stranger to 'without my prior consent and knowledge,' looks pretty deeply concerned as Hardison shares this story!
The piece about the world's hardest violin solo is puzzling, but not the core of the issue to his mind. ]
Ah--
No, no worries. I don't think it's unprofessional--I had no idea there was anything to mesmerism or hypnosis or any of it. [ He frowns. ] I'm sorry about the way that happened. I honestly don't know if that's what's happening here; I don't know what to look out for.
[ Hardison internally votes that they keep this one. That's the appropriate level of moral outrage to have in these moments. Someone with sense about this specific thing that he has sense about.
And also very gracious about his consult getting very salty about mind games. He has good taste in cafes. He seems kinda weird, but open-minded and concerned with the welfare of strangers. These are all the facts Hardison needs. Matt is Good. ]
I appreciate that. Thank you. And I'm just keeping things on the table. There's a little bit of anything to everything, y'know? Even if it's not exactly what people say it is. [ The anything is mostly grifting. ] We start diggin' around, I wanna be ready for however deep the dirt gets.
[ Matt nods slowly, although he's not totally sure he understands. Ideally he doesn't need to, with Hardison around.
There is one point on which he feels solid, though: ]
Speaking of deep dirt ... is there anything I can do to help as this goes on? Like I said, not a great liar, but with time to rehearse I'm okay. And I have some subject-matter knowledge on all this occult stuff.
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Oh, it's real, brother. I got hypnotized into playing the world's hardest violin solo. Without any of my prior consent and knowledge, I might add. [ NATE. ] Y'know, it's a trust thing. It's about trust. You gotta ask before you start incepting a man. I'd've probably said yes, I wasn't on that job to embarrass myself. But that's--
[ He waves a hand. ]
It's not even worth talking about. I'm not gonna cross the job streams, that's unprofessional, I apologize. It is real and there are people it works on. Not everybody across the board. But some people.
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The piece about the world's hardest violin solo is puzzling, but not the core of the issue to his mind. ]
Ah--
No, no worries. I don't think it's unprofessional--I had no idea there was anything to mesmerism or hypnosis or any of it. [ He frowns. ] I'm sorry about the way that happened. I honestly don't know if that's what's happening here; I don't know what to look out for.
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And also very gracious about his consult getting very salty about mind games. He has good taste in cafes. He seems kinda weird, but open-minded and concerned with the welfare of strangers. These are all the facts Hardison needs. Matt is Good. ]
I appreciate that. Thank you. And I'm just keeping things on the table. There's a little bit of anything to everything, y'know? Even if it's not exactly what people say it is. [ The anything is mostly grifting. ] We start diggin' around, I wanna be ready for however deep the dirt gets.
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There is one point on which he feels solid, though: ]
Speaking of deep dirt ... is there anything I can do to help as this goes on? Like I said, not a great liar, but with time to rehearse I'm okay. And I have some subject-matter knowledge on all this occult stuff.