The young man Arlo was speaking with across the kitchen island was only an acquaintance. He could have been upgraded to friend by now, but Arlo found their increasingly rare party conversations inscrutable. No matter the subject matter, Arlo could never seem to pin down his companion’s true feelings on any topic. The young man easily and enthusiastically engaged in devil’s advocacy whenever the conversation drifted into anything controversial. And he was very good at it. His arguments were solid no matter the side he chose to represent and he personally seemed convinced of his own logic.
It was thus disconcerting when, sometimes in the middle of a conversation, the Devil’s Advocate would abandon one avenue of thought only to land on an opposite take, as if he were trying to triangulate the truth no matter where it hid.
Ever since he could remember, Arlo had trouble reading people’s faces. It caused him great anxiety whenever he found himself in social situations and unable to gauge the mental state of others without explicit verbal confirmation. People’s regular expressions were a source of constant bewilderment and the Devil’s Advocate was an extreme case. Arlo was confounded as the young man excitedly droned on:
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Arlo nodded his head in agreement. The young man stopped speaking and took a long pull from his beer. He was unable to discern Arlo’s true opinion and thus was unsure which side he’d enjoy representing. He winked and tipped his bottle to Arlo before walking out of the kitchen. Undifferentiated agreement was the quickest way to defang a lawyer for Beelzebub.
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