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A huff comes from the jaguar as he accepts the tray handed to him by Austin, brows furrowing as the cougar tries to change the subject. "Nah, I think we should talk about it. You not wanting to talk about it is you just being shy. Fight through it. No reason to run if there's nothing biting at your heels." A devilish grin as McKinney hastily reaches over to grab a large portion of fish onto his plate- bypassing the salad. "How would you know what would help and what wouldn't? Have you ever even tried?"

Chuckling at the redness that spread across the other's face, McKinney couldn't help but be pleased with the reaction his comment got him. "And that's another thing!" McKinney adds with a pointed finger, moving along the line towards the other meats- the chicken did look good too. "How would you even know what Brayson's like? Have you ever had an actual conversation with the guy?" McKinney's genuinely curious about that, considering he'd never seen the two together before. The last part has Pierce laughing out loud though, earning him a few stares as he did so. "What could you possibly have to say about me? That's bad, I mean. I'm not so terrible."