...Sloppy. Sloppy sloppy, god.
But, he still had given me a 'commandment' so that meant I had to listen through to it to the end.
"You know how weird that sounds?" I said.
Gus averted his eyes, rubbing a hand on his upper arm. "You know I can tell when you lie, right? Even if I'm not touching you."
I just slumped there. At this point, I didn't know what was going on. God told me not to say anything, even saying I shouldn't talk about where I'm from because Gus would find out, but then he gave the stupid kid mind magic--just what was he expecting from me?
"Look," he said slowly, "I...you...I was just thinking other countries were really something when I was looking around for stuff--I was just really curious about where you were from and so I...I don't even know if you noticed, but I
