i'll try anything once

[shrugs, his shoulders loose, though the motion doesn’t seem to disrupt the flow of his pencil.] What’s the difference?

[Grins because she absolutely loves answering questions that make her sound like an intelligent little shit] When you tell, you share directly and might even come off as a little dull. I mean, after all, you're just telling someone little things about yourself, and that's no fun. But showing requires another person to deduce much more about you. If you play coy and don't share too much about yourself, they still have things to learn.

[scratches the tip of his pencil across the lined yellow paper, continuing to mumble in his default tone of disinterest, even though he isn’t entirely.] You just told me way more about you than I asked to know.

So? I only show people who I am if I'm interested. In your case, I'm telling. [Smiles with false sweetness and straightens the little beret she's wearing] Was that too much?

[shakes his head, and returns his attention to the notepad resting on his thigh.] Whatever, then.

But yes, I am going on my own. [Shrugs] My girlfriends are all busy, I have an ex I'd rather not keep company, and I deem myself a successful, independent woman.

Are you meeting someone?

Yeah, only the Queen of England.

[doesn’t seem very impressed, but rather skeptical upon acknowledging her very sober demeanor.] Did you change your mind? 

No, that's where I'm headed. [Shrugs her shoulders casually] Why would you think I'd be changing my mind?