"Did you two make plans to go somewhere scenic and secluded, to enjoy some time alone together?"
"Pfft!"
Lucy spat out her drink at the other table!
Lier calmly sipped from Dum-E Monkey, having hit the nail on the head. "Young people these days are all like this.
"Where do you want to go? Europe? The moon? Or Africa? It should be the moon, right? The moon."
Lier pretended to analyze their microexpressions and acted out what he thought their answer would be. David awkwardly scratched his head, while Lucy buried her face against her chest.
Only Jackie and V still looked at him in confusion.
So Lier continued, "Most people have wanted to find somewhere to hide when they were kids. Like after getting beaten up."
V immediately replied:
"I'd find a way to get a disposable gun. They're not expensive. If it came to it, I'd get some hotshot to hack a vending machine, and give him the money after the kill."
". . . Like when your mom nags you."
"Pretend you listened, then find a way to make the situation bigger afterward." Jackie said it as though it were obvious. "Once you've got money, you don't have as many problems."
Lier looked at V, then at Jackie. "Like the sports cars and motorcycles you're always dreaming about."
"That's not a bad one," Jackie and V said in unison. "But we've got those now."
"Right!" Lier nodded. "Yeah, you've got them now. Next time there's a job, just stay home and don't come out. You've got no dreams left anyway!"
"I've still got some," V said, then thought for a moment and looked at David. "So you two are planning to take your honeymoon on the moon?
"What's there to keep secret? It sounds pretty romantic. Unlike