[The implication is indeed there--don't blame me for dragging you into this--and yet after a moment of deliberation, Rip taps out what he suspects is an unexpected reply.]
You realize I wouldn't have been upset if it had been you.
[It's not the same as advertising their relationship, as it is; rather, it's Rip's moment to confess that perhaps they don't need to so actively keep it secret. That it might not be so terrible a thing if people realized there was some association between them, however unclarified it still remains.
But that's also rather off topic, isn't it? So he continues quickly.]
I'm not thinking it's Jane. [Who does, in fact, already know more about Peggy and Rip than likely anyone else present.] And while under normal circumstances Ray is quite happy to push his luck, his current persona leaves me doubtful.
Human, or animal? [And just what are their lives, that that is a viable question?]
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You realize I wouldn't have been upset if it had been you.
[It's not the same as advertising their relationship, as it is; rather, it's Rip's moment to confess that perhaps they don't need to so actively keep it secret. That it might not be so terrible a thing if people realized there was some association between them, however unclarified it still remains.
But that's also rather off topic, isn't it? So he continues quickly.]
I'm not thinking it's Jane. [Who does, in fact, already know more about Peggy and Rip than likely anyone else present.] And while under normal circumstances Ray is quite happy to push his luck, his current persona leaves me doubtful.
Human, or animal? [And just what are their lives, that that is a viable question?]