[The trouble is right now he's worried about making too much fun of Connor. Things are fragile between them. It wouldn't take much to ruin their tentatively good relationship.
He'd thought Asher would be the safer bet. He can see now that was probably a bad assumption.]
It wasn't. I know you're not stupid.
[Maybe he acts like it, and he can't pretend he isn't sometimes annoyed by it, but he knows he's smarter than he comes off.]
If it was Connor's idea you guys would be acting a lot grosser.
[It's a risk, but one he hopes he can get away with. He doesn't want two people he cares about mad at him instead of one.]
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He'd thought Asher would be the safer bet. He can see now that was probably a bad assumption.]
It wasn't. I know you're not stupid.
[Maybe he acts like it, and he can't pretend he isn't sometimes annoyed by it, but he knows he's smarter than he comes off.]
If it was Connor's idea you guys would be acting a lot grosser.
[It's a risk, but one he hopes he can get away with. He doesn't want two people he cares about mad at him instead of one.]