[ "Why do you think it's been bothering you?" Oh, no. Introspection! Lalo hates introspection! It is usually not fun, and so he usually avoids it. Typically, he'd rather forget his problems.
But he swallows that impulse and focuses on answering that question. ]
I just... I wasn't raised like that. I mean, don't get me wrong. Strong women. That's great. But the way I was brought up, I -- I dunno. We just don't do shit like this, man. It's not normal. What if somebody thinks I'm gay?
[ Lalo's Abuelita is as strong as any of his male relatives, just in a different way. And there are plenty of strong women throughout his family tree. Some who run their families more than their husbands do.
At the same time, he hails from a kind of cultural machismo, combined with the atmosphere of 2000s criminal underworld, that does not make a man being submissive to a woman feel "normal".
As for having the wrong kind of sex with a woman being "gay"... sorry, Fraser. Have fun with that one.
As for why Lalo told Faser? Well, that's simple! Fraser feels like the one person Lalo can be 100% sure won't make fun of him or tell anybody else, especially Chloe. Lalo's paranoia is limitless, but Fraser's innate trustworthiness is even moreso. It just shines out of him. Lalo can't imagine he's capable of the kind of mockery Lalo fears right now. And he's a man. That's important. Lalo could never talk to a woman about this.
Lalo listens to Fraser's story with rapt attention, only asking once Fraser is finished before asking with a straight face: ]
Was she hot?
[ He doesn't give Fraser a chance to answer before he grins and says: ] Nah, nah! I'm just kidding, man. [ He winks. ] I think I understand what you mean. [ Thoughtfully, he rubs his mustache, considering it. ]
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But he swallows that impulse and focuses on answering that question. ]
I just... I wasn't raised like that. I mean, don't get me wrong. Strong women. That's great. But the way I was brought up, I -- I dunno. We just don't do shit like this, man. It's not normal. What if somebody thinks I'm gay?
[ Lalo's Abuelita is as strong as any of his male relatives, just in a different way. And there are plenty of strong women throughout his family tree. Some who run their families more than their husbands do.
At the same time, he hails from a kind of cultural machismo, combined with the atmosphere of 2000s criminal underworld, that does not make a man being submissive to a woman feel "normal".
As for having the wrong kind of sex with a woman being "gay"... sorry, Fraser. Have fun with that one.
As for why Lalo told Faser? Well, that's simple! Fraser feels like the one person Lalo can be 100% sure won't make fun of him or tell anybody else, especially Chloe. Lalo's paranoia is limitless, but Fraser's innate trustworthiness is even moreso. It just shines out of him. Lalo can't imagine he's capable of the kind of mockery Lalo fears right now. And he's a man. That's important. Lalo could never talk to a woman about this.
Lalo listens to Fraser's story with rapt attention, only asking once Fraser is finished before asking with a straight face: ]
Was she hot?
[ He doesn't give Fraser a chance to answer before he grins and says: ] Nah, nah! I'm just kidding, man. [ He winks. ] I think I understand what you mean. [ Thoughtfully, he rubs his mustache, considering it. ]