[ It probably wouldn't have normally been caught - but Gerard needs to focus pretty intently on Wrench to understand him, so even as he signs out 'Wrench' Gerard gets the ring of ... not a lie, but not the truth. It's what people call him, it's what he goes by in a professional setting, but there's still the echo of a man with dark hair and deep-set eyes, signing out 'Wes'.
Gerard is nosy - he has a need to know that feels like a compulsion sometimes. Like it's the only thing keeping him alive, the drive to find out the truth of something. And yet there's some secrets he feels guilty about discovering. What matters that Wrench hides his 'real' name? What difference does it make to anyone except him? He should be allowed to keep that secret -- but Gerard knows. He'll do his best to forget. So he gives a shrug instead.
You don't know that I was telling the truth about my name either. ]
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Gerard is nosy - he has a need to know that feels like a compulsion sometimes. Like it's the only thing keeping him alive, the drive to find out the truth of something. And yet there's some secrets he feels guilty about discovering. What matters that Wrench hides his 'real' name? What difference does it make to anyone except him? He should be allowed to keep that secret -- but Gerard knows. He'll do his best to forget. So he gives a shrug instead.
You don't know that I was telling the truth about my name either. ]