oh, look, he's getting all pathetically watery eyed as he's listening to the Deep. Homelander believes the man; if only for the fact that he's a living lie detector.
he tries to say something, his mouth ironically working like a fish's might out of water, before it snaps shut and he ---
[His eyes widen in surprise.. yet he fails to realise the door that just opened. This will need to happen at least two more times Deep to realise what kind of weapon he has at his disposal.]
ππ·π΄ π³π΄π΄πΏ.
sputtering.
suddenly he looks less angry. almost like the kicked puppy look works when he's attached enough.
β well. I mean! funny is. . . subjective. β
[He looks at Homelander like a kicked puppy, before muttering:]
βI thought it was funny..β
ππ·π΄ π³π΄π΄πΏ.
β then why are we making public innuendos about them. β
he's genuinely offended. he doesn't seem to realize that the Deep doesn't know what's been implied.
βWait β I swear I havenβt even looked at any fish since.β
[The Deep does not know what he did. He lowers his voice to a whisper.]
βYou know..β
ππ·π΄ π³π΄π΄πΏ.
β you know what you did. β
he really thinks the Deep knows what he did.