im so obsessed with how ford might flinch at like, any mention of "sixer" from stan.
or how ford thinks seeing stan with glasses is so strange- (particularly when the light or sunset catches on the glass just right, turning them yellow)
and stan being obsessed with gold is nothing new, but mentioning to buy gold "just in case, poindexter. we're sailin' to other countries, dollars isn't universal, but gold is" makes ford's anxiety twitch. just a little.
or stan's little way of choosing something- often with the niblings. "eeny meeny miney, you"
stan's snake oil salesman-speak is familiar, for too many ways now.
at least he's not bleeding from his eyes. or obsessing over a triangle-shaped con. stan would have seen through cipher in a way ford didn't.
anyway, cipher is thoroughly beaten. wiped from stanley's mind just like they planned.
then again, stan shouldn't have been able to get his memories back. nor so many, so quickly.
stanford should trust this has worked- trust his brother more. stanley has more than proven his worth, his skill.
if cipher truly returned, anyway, then ford would recognize it instantly (from the muse he thought he knew, and the brother he doesn't know anymore?). there would be more signs.
right?
