[ Oh, he knows that look. And he suspects he could make a good guess as to what she might be thinking. She might not be the Hilda who stayed with him, the unexpected constant of the last few years (his last, her last, their last), but she looks just the same. Speaks as much with the arch of an eyebrow.
Still, he can play dumb with a look better than a pointed comment. Assisted by the subject and its promise of yet another puzzle. ]
Right. And with so many, trying to keep track of and follow one would be an exercise in tedium and frustration.
[ In this darkness, should it keep dim for long, so much for that. Claude touches hand to forehead, considering options. Or inventing them. All the while with a careful eye on the fireflies bobbing around them. ]
That's not a bad idea... did either of you try?
[ Given the risk involved, he would understand if they'd hesitated. He would like to try himself, experimenting with focus on a particular memory or a heightened emotion. But were he to try and fail, and the memory displayed was a more recent, bloody thing, well... best to test without company.
no subject
Still, he can play dumb with a look better than a pointed comment. Assisted by the subject and its promise of yet another puzzle. ]
Right. And with so many, trying to keep track of and follow one would be an exercise in tedium and frustration.
[ In this darkness, should it keep dim for long, so much for that. Claude touches hand to forehead, considering options. Or inventing them. All the while with a careful eye on the fireflies bobbing around them. ]
That's not a bad idea... did either of you try?
[ Given the risk involved, he would understand if they'd hesitated. He would like to try himself, experimenting with focus on a particular memory or a heightened emotion. But were he to try and fail, and the memory displayed was a more recent, bloody thing, well... best to test without company.