[Kaidan Alenko is clearly a boring asshole. But, sure, Joker knows that Kaidan would never be down with actually ordering hookers and blow, but he asks because this shit is expected of him. It's what he does, it's how he handles shitty situations-- by poking fun at them. Control through humor.]
[He props his elbow on the bar and his chin on his hand and looks sidelong at Alenko.]
Look, I'm gonna be straight with you for a hot second. The way you're acting and the fact that you look like ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag right now says that you've probably got some shit on your mind that you're keeping locked up in some polite Canadian box underneath your fantastic pompadour. What I'm offering you here is a once-in-a-lifetime deal: bitch at me, Alenko. Sure, you could keep doing this whole stoic bull you've got going, it's very Bogart, or you could get some crap off of your chest.
[He gestures at himself with his free hand.]
Captive audience, zero judgement.
[Sure, complaining about why this sucks personally for Alenko-- because it does suck in a way very specific to him-- doesn't actually change anything, but it tends to make people feel better. A little commiseration and a sympathetic ear to go along with his free alcohol.]
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[Kaidan Alenko is clearly a boring asshole. But, sure, Joker knows that Kaidan would never be down with actually ordering hookers and blow, but he asks because this shit is expected of him. It's what he does, it's how he handles shitty situations-- by poking fun at them. Control through humor.]
[He props his elbow on the bar and his chin on his hand and looks sidelong at Alenko.]
Look, I'm gonna be straight with you for a hot second. The way you're acting and the fact that you look like ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag right now says that you've probably got some shit on your mind that you're keeping locked up in some polite Canadian box underneath your fantastic pompadour. What I'm offering you here is a once-in-a-lifetime deal: bitch at me, Alenko. Sure, you could keep doing this whole stoic bull you've got going, it's very Bogart, or you could get some crap off of your chest.
[He gestures at himself with his free hand.]
Captive audience, zero judgement.
[Sure, complaining about why this sucks personally for Alenko-- because it does suck in a way very specific to him-- doesn't actually change anything, but it tends to make people feel better. A little commiseration and a sympathetic ear to go along with his free alcohol.]