Whatever Philo said, Alice might respond that unlike the rest of his life he was actually incredibly successful at his hobby —
which she could then state was something like “emulating burrowing vermin” …
Now her reply to that, I’m almost certain, would be (hissed, of course) along the lines of:
“Yes, there’s a particularly mangy one crawling right in front of me.”
O.K. Good start. Now, share something of your own hobbies. A creative one would be better
I’m trying to imagine how that would go …
I’m sure Alice would be venomously creative.
Whatever Philo said, Alice might respond that unlike the rest of his life he was actually incredibly successful at his hobby —
which she could then state was something like “emulating burrowing vermin” …
Good. Good. Now, strike her down and take your place by my side and we will rule the . . .
I mean, now ask her something based on what she just said. Maybe, “do you know many vermin personally?”
Now her reply to that, I’m almost certain, would be (hissed, of course) along the lines of:
“Yes, there’s a particularly mangy one crawling right in front of me.”