Cody pulled a packet from the bag and offered it sideways to Jay without looking at him. Jay took one without looking at Cody.
This was the kind of exchange that only happens between people who have been spending time together long enough that the small logistics have gone entirely automatic.
"What did you perform at fourteen?" Mike said to Tobin.
Tobin grinned. "I was a confident idiot. It worked very well for me."
"Honestly, I'm still using it." He tilted his head. "What about you?"
"I was quiet," Mike said. "People fill in quiet with whatever they want to see. It's efficient."
Tobin looked at him for a moment. "That's not a performance. That's a strategy."
"Most performances are," Mike said.
Jay glanced up from his phone briefly at this, not long enough to say anything, but long enough that Mike noted it.
Cody, who had been quiet until now, stated, "I was the funny one and still am."
