[Not a voice he'd ever expected to hear again. Not after being out of contact for so long, even before Neil's death. A death he'd never been surprised to hear about...no, on some level he'd known. Known he was somehow both free and cut off from whatever roots he'd had left.
There's a sick twist in his gut because it's easy to want to be close to Neil's memory and another thing altogether to be close to him when he's on the other end of the phone and Lyle can hear him breathing.
What does a guy even say?
Nothing comes to mind. He exhales sharply. This was a really bad idea.
So he does what Lyle does best, and runs, just hangs up again.]
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There's a sick twist in his gut because it's easy to want to be close to Neil's memory and another thing altogether to be close to him when he's on the other end of the phone and Lyle can hear him breathing.
What does a guy even say?
Nothing comes to mind. He exhales sharply. This was a really bad idea.
So he does what Lyle does best, and runs, just hangs up again.]