In a way, her having heard it feels more like a relief than an invasion. She'd heard it too, so he isn't just crazy, right?
"Right, sure. So he can't be my kid, I'm--" His brow creased, for just a second. "I'd have to be his age whenever it happened." Math cancels out the possibility, and not the fact that surely he'd remember being a dad. Now that Luce has pointed out the similarity in the voices, though, he can't stop playing them over in his head.
"I thought... it was some sort of premonition, or whatever. Some future kid... th-that sounds pretty stupid, I know, but... after tonight..."
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"Right, sure. So he can't be my kid, I'm--" His brow creased, for just a second. "I'd have to be his age whenever it happened." Math cancels out the possibility, and not the fact that surely he'd remember being a dad. Now that Luce has pointed out the similarity in the voices, though, he can't stop playing them over in his head.
"I thought... it was some sort of premonition, or whatever. Some future kid... th-that sounds pretty stupid, I know, but... after tonight..."