specifythepoint | (no subject)

when?

yesterday on the network. he wants to work with me i couldn't think of a reason to say no

what kind of work?

consulting for his business. something about sustainable housing. no red flags but STILL

do you think you can handle it?

i'm not gonna blurt it out to him if that's what you mean. i probably don't have a choice in the matter, at least right now there's no way i can back out of it atm without looking weird

i didn't think you would. but you shouldn't meet with him in person

uh well that might be unavoidable. what am i supposed to say? "sorry i'm a leper we shouldn't meet in person"?

you live in the information age, ariadne. tell him you're located in london and can't make it out but you'll send him your schematics online

i'm pretty sure he knows i'm in the city right now. i could use the out of town excuse temporarily i guess but not on a permanent basis

do you think you can fool him?

not long term! i'm obviously in the city doing business here. that's a big lie i can't sustain. could pretend to be out of town for a while, i suppose, but that's it.

can you handle seeing him and realizing we changed his life forever because someone paid us to?

YES but what if he recognizes me? what if he remembers something?

he didn't see you for more than a few minutes, right?

no, i barely even spoke to him.

and at the levels you were at, the chances of him remembering even cobb's face aren't very high. he might tell you that you look familiar.

so basically i shouldn't be having a heart attack over this?

no. if he tells you that you look familiar, just smile and say you have that kind of face

big, charming, airheaded smile. sure, i can do that. uhhhhh do you have any idea what sort of power he might have?

not airheaded. more like the kind of smile of someone who hears that a lot. and i do. he can enter dreams.

really? shit, that could be problematic.

that's what he says. i told him i could teach him.

will you really? if he takes you up on it?

yes. the idea took but i want to see what the aftereffects of inception really are