[Neil's sneaking in, he can feel it. It's in the way Neil says he wants to hear more about him. Doing that smiling big brother thing he always does, and he can't forget that Neil is what everyone wanted him to be. Thought he should be.]
Nothing terrible.
[It's short and to the point, because this conversation - having any conversation, small talk, it feels wrong, too small, stretched over this too-big issue they aren't discussing, and he's never been so good at faking it.]
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Nothing terrible.
[It's short and to the point, because this conversation - having any conversation, small talk, it feels wrong, too small, stretched over this too-big issue they aren't discussing, and he's never been so good at faking it.]