Gurgen kept on talking, and Lysander was trying to hold in his laughter as Gugen got excited someboy believed in aliens alongside him. Gurgen must not have even realized Lysander was actually mocking him the entire conversation. When Gurgen said “I believe they are hiding something below pyramids, like a device or a ship or something.” Lysander bit his cheek to stop him from bursting out laughing. It was going well for him until Gurgen said “Hell you or I could even be an alien.” which broke Lysander’s resolve and left him bursting out laughing. He wanted to say ‘I’m sorry it’s just too funny’ to Gurgen, but he didn’t have anything to apologize for because he didn’t think it was his fault Gurgen was embarrased by the stupid things he says, and if he is, it’s his own fault for it. “From all the things you said to me tonight, I can only get behind one idea of yourse and that’s the fact you think you could be an alien. I believe you could be one too considering you don’t follow the rules of common sense or logic.” Lysander thought for a split second. "You even don’t follow the very rule you yourself set a few minutes earlier. Let me explain … You were just laughing at the idea of people being named after fictional characters, but when it was revealed you were named after Gorgons, which are mostl believed to never have existed and being entierly ficticious, you said that … and I quote ‘Stories are bits of truth that have been twisted as time went by.’ And by that logic, stories such as ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Lord of the Rings’ or ‘Pride and Prejudice’ are all truth enough to be considered as real as Greek Mythology. By that logic, fictional names don’t exist and being named Aragorn is the same as being named Gurgen or a plain name such as Marc." Lysander smiled at Gurgen while insulting him with this next sentence. “I don’t know if you’re a really odd guy, or if you’re just too stupid not to contradict everythign you say or stand for, but despite it all this conversation is the funniest thing ever and I’ve never laughed this much since joining the army. And I’ve met some cooks in the army, let me tell you … Oh but you outdo all of them easily.” Lysander knew the difference between idiots in America and everywhere else is that idiots in America aren’t shamed for their stupid ideas and he hated when stupid people were confident in their idiotic ideas thinking they were smart. He hated morons in charge and he loved taking confident morons down a peg to realize they weren’t the brightest. Even though he laughed quite hard, his favorite part of the interaction was insulting him. No matter what Gurgen did or said or how he responded would make Lysander regret his decision to insult him like this. He looked at the bartender to order a drink, hoping that ignoring Gurgen and not giving him a chance to respond back with something stupid would let him enjoy it longer, but something else caught his attention. At the other end of the bar there was what looked to be a broken man. Lysander didn’t know what happened to him, nor did he see his face, but the way he hung his head low and had slightly disheveled hair told him he was in distress, but not drunk. Lysander could tell the difference as he saw both states in himself. He was always bothered by people’s sadness and sorrow and whenever he saw somebody broken, he would always have the strongest desire to help them, and it was the same in this situation.
@SotaForgotten - Gurgen
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