Oh, Mother, just you wait until you meet that owl. There simply are not words.
[At least not words he's willing to say in front of his mother.
The question causes him to shrug, though.]
Nothing of import. I run the stable, as my former housemate Gregor left that to me. [Oh Gregor, he still misses you. One of the few humans who really understood him in a way that might have been worrying if Gregor himself hadn't been so likable.] I have a few students who don't annoy me overly. And do what I can to stave off the utter boredom that fills the air of this tiny, uninteresting fishbowl.
[Well, he can't help but add one little dig:] Though I do now realize how much tinier and more uninteresting a prison can be. [Still not over it.]
no subject
[At least not words he's willing to say in front of his mother.
The question causes him to shrug, though.]
Nothing of import. I run the stable, as my former housemate Gregor left that to me. [Oh Gregor, he still misses you. One of the few humans who really understood him in a way that might have been worrying if Gregor himself hadn't been so likable.] I have a few students who don't annoy me overly. And do what I can to stave off the utter boredom that fills the air of this tiny, uninteresting fishbowl.
[Well, he can't help but add one little dig:] Though I do now realize how much tinier and more uninteresting a prison can be. [Still not over it.]