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Chewing his fish, Pierce places his elbow on the table and rests his cheek in his open hand, listening to Austin's answer. Despite the other young man's words the catlike smile never left his face. His prodding didn't seem to go to waste- the conversation they were having now was much less one-sided than it had been during lunch. McKinney found a little victory in that. "Yeah well if you put it like that you and Brayson aren't close either but you were willing to profess your love to him this afternoon." A pause around another mouthful. "Are you still going through with that, by the way?"

McKinney had to admit; he was a little surprised to see Austin motioning him closer and yet he does so without hesitation. Knew there was more to the cougar than the shy quiet feline he'd met this morning. Pierce interrupts his own thoughts with another laugh towards Austin's question. "Is that the question running through your head right now?" he asks, meeting their eyes together- Pierce's lit up humorously. "You are more wild than you seem."

The jaguar leans back against his seat with a small shrug, intending on answering honestly. "I wouldn't really consider myself one or the other," he answered casually. "Maybe more of a mix of both worlds, yeah? Besides, I'm not speaking ill of anyone. Every word that comes out of my mouth is the cold, honest truth." Another little shrug of the sport player's shoulders. "Sometimes the truth hurts, isn't that what they say?" A heavy sigh as he thinks more about it. "I mean, I guess they also say that if you have nothing nice to say you shouldn't say anything at all but we can't all be perfect."