[ There's that pull towards pen and paper again. Not least or last of all because Philip hasn't found a suitable go-to lie for that question so far. ]
Wouldn't know either. Just runs in the family,
[ he answers instead, because who uses 'it's a long story' anymore, and there is at least a grain of truth to it, if only in the most roundabout way conceivable. Not that Howard ever stuck around to give it a try.
...And anyway, for all the things Philip wouldn't know today he feels that he should probably make up for it with a thing or two he does know. That thing about how nobody likes other people in their head, for instance.
He probably can't wing an encouraging smile at this point, but he can put the book back on its shelf for the time being. ]
I don't read thoughts. I don't control minds. I don't speak, this is just what I do instead.
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Wouldn't know either. Just runs in the family,
[ he answers instead, because who uses 'it's a long story' anymore, and there is at least a grain of truth to it, if only in the most roundabout way conceivable. Not that Howard ever stuck around to give it a try.
...And anyway, for all the things Philip wouldn't know today he feels that he should probably make up for it with a thing or two he does know. That thing about how nobody likes other people in their head, for instance.
He probably can't wing an encouraging smile at this point, but he can put the book back on its shelf for the time being. ]
I don't read thoughts. I don't control minds. I don't speak, this is just what I do instead.