Dan tries not to let it show so much on his face that he's puzzling Price out. Obviously Price is insecure - no one sabotages everything so compulsively as Price does if they aren't trying to secure their sense of control over things that can't be controlled - and Dan figures Price is flipping between thinking Dan's an idiot and thinking Dan's got a forgotten arm he's going to sucker Price with. Dan would prefer Price think the former. Dan's an idiot falls much closer to the truth - that Dan's just bored and self-destructive and horny - than the latter, and Dan tends to thrive on being underestimated.
Dan gets back on that lower bunk and spreads out, resting his hand on his head. "What are we going to do if we stay here in the dorm room?"
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Dan tries not to let it show so much on his face that he's puzzling Price out. Obviously Price is insecure - no one sabotages everything so compulsively as Price does if they aren't trying to secure their sense of control over things that can't be controlled - and Dan figures Price is flipping between thinking Dan's an idiot and thinking Dan's got a forgotten arm he's going to sucker Price with. Dan would prefer Price think the former. Dan's an idiot falls much closer to the truth - that Dan's just bored and self-destructive and horny - than the latter, and Dan tends to thrive on being underestimated.
Dan gets back on that lower bunk and spreads out, resting his hand on his head. "What are we going to do if we stay here in the dorm room?"