#drjacksn

             “  I know you’ve told me this a hundred times -- and I’m sure one day I’ll remember  but...  ”  She trailed off, doing her best to stifle a yawn.   “  Tonight is not that night.  ”   She snapped the book closed and pushed it across the desk towards him. Advanced vocabulary tests were not on the cards for the evening.   “  If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were trying to bore me to death,  ”   she teased, flashing him a mischievous smile. 

  EXPLAINING    WASN’T     HIS    FORTE.    he could   ATTEMPT    it,      but that was all he    COULD    do.      maybe if he was more     EXPERIENCED    in matters…       he could give off a more    DETAILED      explanation as to why.    instead,     GRANT    decided to do what he     USUALLY   did in      SITUATIONS   that required  DELICACY   ;   he     LIED.       ❝  i’m from a     GALAXY  far far away. ❞ a        LIE,       but one he wasn’t about to change - well, not yet at least. 

           ‘ ---you startled me. ’   such is to be expected when exploring a temple supposedly deserted for thousands of years.  hand is steady as she holds her lantern aloft, illuminating the space between them, eyes darting from his, to his hands, to his stature, to his hips and pockets.  there’s no immediate discernible threat, and under the current circumstances   ( namely, wanting to move forward instead of retracing her steps )   she’s giving this stranger the benefit of the doubt.   ‘ I’m here on assignment---kim possible. and you are? ’