There was so many inconveniences caused by the for, so much talk about it, and it was the most visually noticeable thing outside, so it was the first thing for Clifford to blame. The fog took away magic, maybe it could do the same with consciousness, as well? The papers mentioned the risk of children becoming squibs, what if this was one of the symptoms?
With such thoughts on his mind, when the girl mentioned Clifford had two noses, he didn’t think about double vision at first. Instead, he went through all the less plausible options that could somehow involve the fog. And as he considered he could have two noses indeed due to some redistribution of magic, he touched his nose with his fingers, making sure there was just one.
”That’s totally in order,” he replied, not to challenge the girl’s view yet. He didn’t want to repeat her mistake aloud and agree with it, so he chose the vaguest response he could think of. Maybe she wasn’t ready for her personal two-nosed reality being crushed. Not yet. ”Can you remember what happened?”
With such thoughts on his mind, when the girl mentioned Clifford had two noses, he didn’t think about double vision at first. Instead, he went through all the less plausible options that could somehow involve the fog. And as he considered he could have two noses indeed due to some redistribution of magic, he touched his nose with his fingers, making sure there was just one.
”That’s totally in order,” he replied, not to challenge the girl’s view yet. He didn’t want to repeat her mistake aloud and agree with it, so he chose the vaguest response he could think of. Maybe she wasn’t ready for her personal two-nosed reality being crushed. Not yet. ”Can you remember what happened?”