Fake it with me
Mariaa bounce when she walksdon't act like i'm averagei'll let you set the pacedont act like im average
He considered the question with the genuine, unhurried consideration he gave to everything, not performing the thinking but actually doing it, and she waited.
"Because most people show you the version of themselves they've decided is presentable," he said finally. "You show the version you've decided is strongest. Those are both performances, but yours is more interesting because the gap between it and the real version is smaller than you think, and watching someone close a gap they don't know they're closing is genuinely compelling."
She stopped walking.
He stopped too, a half step ahead, and turned back to look at her.
"I want to ask you something," he said, and his voice had shifted sligh