It's not funny, what Stan says, and yet Ford finds himself chuckling a little regardless. Leave it to his brother to make a joke during a serious moment - assuming that little offhand comment was a joke, that is. Stanley very well could have meant it sincerely, but if that was the case then that means Ford hadn't done a very good job of convincing him.
Well, they can't have that, now can they?
Ford can't exactly elbow his brother in the arm or slug him in the shoulder, not in the position they're in, but he can tilt his head to the side and bonk him in the ear, give him a little sideways headbutt.
"I wouldn't have said it if I didn't. Between the two of us, I'm not the one who takes after Mom."
That might have sounded insulting, if said by anyone else, but there's no mistaking the exasperated fondness in his tone. Anyone else would have considered being a pathological liar to be a bad thing, but Ford - well, considering his raising, he's learned to think of it more as a personality quirk, a bad but mostly forgivable habit.
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Well, they can't have that, now can they?
Ford can't exactly elbow his brother in the arm or slug him in the shoulder, not in the position they're in, but he can tilt his head to the side and bonk him in the ear, give him a little sideways headbutt.
"I wouldn't have said it if I didn't. Between the two of us, I'm not the one who takes after Mom."
That might have sounded insulting, if said by anyone else, but there's no mistaking the exasperated fondness in his tone. Anyone else would have considered being a pathological liar to be a bad thing, but Ford - well, considering his raising, he's learned to think of it more as a personality quirk, a bad but mostly forgivable habit.