but Father, no, stop it. can't we just pretend things are normal and not have angst? how is he supposed to answer this? does he take yet another page from his father and also skirt around the issue? or be more like he usually is—direct and straight to the point? clear and concise? but how can he be that way about...this?]
Things... [there's a slight pause there—as if there wasn't enough hesitation to begin with.] Things have settled a bit.
[not a lie. not exactly very specific or detailed, but not a lie.]
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but Father, no, stop it. can't we just pretend things are normal and not have angst? how is he supposed to answer this? does he take yet another page from his father and also skirt around the issue? or be more like he usually is—direct and straight to the point? clear and concise? but how can he be that way about...this?]
Things... [there's a slight pause there—as if there wasn't enough hesitation to begin with.] Things have settled a bit.
[not a lie. not exactly very specific or detailed, but not a lie.]