Don't look so surprised, Lin, or it might hurt my feelings.
[ She grins but there's a little truth in her joking, isn't there? ]
You... he was always curious about the effects of the food and drink, or any of the other things that might cause people to behave outside of the norm. I just happened to be around some of the time when he experimented with them, that's all.
[ It's easy to downplay, as if there had been no real connection there, but they'd been more like friends with benefits than lovers in any case. Places like this didn't really encourage intimacy beyond the physical, in her experience.
Dorothea leads them out of the city into a more wooded area. The cottage where she's staying with Marianne is relatively small, but it's scenic even in the rain. ]
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[ She grins but there's a little truth in her joking, isn't there? ]
You... he was always curious about the effects of the food and drink, or any of the other things that might cause people to behave outside of the norm. I just happened to be around some of the time when he experimented with them, that's all.
[ It's easy to downplay, as if there had been no real connection there, but they'd been more like friends with benefits than lovers in any case. Places like this didn't really encourage intimacy beyond the physical, in her experience.
Dorothea leads them out of the city into a more wooded area. The cottage where she's staying with Marianne is relatively small, but it's scenic even in the rain. ]
That's where we're headed.