[Ryan laughs at first, thinking that he's exaggerating for the sake of conversation. But the he goes on and it becomes very, very apparent that Smith is not joking.
(He should have known better. Smith?? Joking???]
--Wait, you're serious? You died? Smith! What the...how?? Did you-- oh my god this isn't because I called you forty-five, right?
[In his defense, all he knows is that Smith stormed off after Ryan picked on him and then he wound up dead in the ocean. There aren't many ways those two fact connect together on their own.]
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(He should have known better. Smith?? Joking???]
--Wait, you're serious? You died? Smith! What the...how?? Did you-- oh my god this isn't because I called you forty-five, right?
[In his defense, all he knows is that Smith stormed off after Ryan picked on him and then he wound up dead in the ocean. There aren't many ways those two fact connect together on their own.]