Pyran stopped watching television and went to sit by Tristram in front of the aquarium.
“How can you sit there watching fish for so long?” He asked amiably.
Tristram turned to him and smiled. “Very easily.”
“Are you thinking about stuff?”
“Yeah.”
“How did your bible study go?”
“It elucidated a few things.”
“It what?”
“It made a few things clear.”
“Hmm. It has made you even more thoughtful than usual.” A new thought occurred to Pyran and he grinned. “Ah well, better to watch fish than to do that other thing you do when you’re thinking. Do you still rub your head from side to side for ages before you go to sleep?”
“Yes.” Tristram chuckled. It was a habit that he had developed from about the age of three. Holly had learned early that cotton pillowcases made Tristram’s hair unmanagea
