He grits his teeth. He never did deny Sam's use of "friends" plural and he likely should have, but it didn't seem like enough of a concern to him at the time. It isn't even a concern to him now, not really. Just a need to push back against a Winchester, even Sam, knowing him. Knowing details about him. He didn't even have to tell Geralt who he was protecting from getting between him and the juiced-up Dean.
He didn't owe Sam a damn thing, no matter the timeline. Past, present, future, Sam was always just a vessel. You don't owe anything to an object.
"Wanda's on the Retrieval team," he says, like that's the only point that matters. He might be able to push the lie further if he didn't look so frayed around the edges; tired and more prone to mood swings than he would on a usual basis, and he keeps attempting to slip on a mask but it slips every time.
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He grits his teeth. He never did deny Sam's use of "friends" plural and he likely should have, but it didn't seem like enough of a concern to him at the time. It isn't even a concern to him now, not really. Just a need to push back against a Winchester, even Sam, knowing him. Knowing details about him. He didn't even have to tell Geralt who he was protecting from getting between him and the juiced-up Dean.
He didn't owe Sam a damn thing, no matter the timeline. Past, present, future, Sam was always just a vessel. You don't owe anything to an object.
"Wanda's on the Retrieval team," he says, like that's the only point that matters. He might be able to push the lie further if he didn't look so frayed around the edges; tired and more prone to mood swings than he would on a usual basis, and he keeps attempting to slip on a mask but it slips every time.