Dirk's entire experience with people who don't exist in movies or documentaries or YouTube videos is only a couple of years long. His experience is mostly with his brothers, who are like him--their gaze is either too focused or not enough, and often nowhere near the person they're interacting with. So he'd be wholly unprepared for what she is... except for his paranoia, which holds this possibility and a dozen others that are equally bad news at the fore of his mind.
He doesn't really need that preparation to hold his not-quite-a-scowl, dour, unpleasantly severe expression without so much as a twitch, though. He just stares at her, and she stares "at" him, and then he stares at the poster for maybe two seconds. Then his gaze flicks back to her--though now only his eyes move.
"Why'd you pick a photo that hides like his entire face? Good fucking luck finding him with that." This is a tactical move--reacting like he gives a shit, or else so little of a shit that the answer is less important than the first-thought-in-his-head observational commentary.
"But nah. I ain't seen nothing of your missing masked white man."
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Date: 2024-06-28 05:21 pm (UTC)He doesn't really need that preparation to hold his not-quite-a-scowl, dour, unpleasantly severe expression without so much as a twitch, though. He just stares at her, and she stares "at" him, and then he stares at the poster for maybe two seconds. Then his gaze flicks back to her--though now only his eyes move.
"Why'd you pick a photo that hides like his entire face? Good fucking luck finding him with that." This is a tactical move--reacting like he gives a shit, or else so little of a shit that the answer is less important than the first-thought-in-his-head observational commentary.
"But nah. I ain't seen nothing of your missing masked white man."