[It’s just as well that Tezcatlipoca doesn’t linger over Liem’s reaction to what he says first, because there’s no response Liem could give that wouldn’t seem at least somewhat damning. Even denying the relationship entirely would seem a bit suspect—sort of a he doth protest too much scenario. Still, Liem is obviously flustered, both because of Tezca’s assumption and because of the knowledge that he and Set had apparently been discussing him.]

We are not boyfriends. I don’t even know you, [he objects, as though that is somehow the biggest issue in what Tezcatlipoca is saying. Never mind about Set. He wouldn’t have said that they were boyfriends either, but that’s just his host of commitment issues jumping out.

But how did this become a conversation about his relationship status, anyway? This is the last place Liem wanted to end up.]

And respectfully, the nature of my relationship with Set is none of your business, or anyone else’s for that matter.