He gestures with the hand, "has your name always been Ernest?"
Which is a daft question, but often he finds that his mind won't cooperate until he gets the stupid questions out of the way first.
"That- Ginger, he said something to me just before he-" another gesture, "something about- look, it just occurred to me that we went nearly a hundred years without me knowing your ruddy given name, and Ginger said that... you made a name for your friends and loved ones to call you. Allegedly. You recall that many of the facts don't line up, and-"
Another gesture.
"You know what, don't worry about it, I'm sure I'm just being silly."
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Date: 2022-12-12 11:57 pm (UTC)He gestures with the hand, "has your name always been Ernest?"
Which is a daft question, but often he finds that his mind won't cooperate until he gets the stupid questions out of the way first.
"That- Ginger, he said something to me just before he-" another gesture, "something about- look, it just occurred to me that we went nearly a hundred years without me knowing your ruddy given name, and Ginger said that... you made a name for your friends and loved ones to call you. Allegedly. You recall that many of the facts don't line up, and-"
Another gesture.
"You know what, don't worry about it, I'm sure I'm just being silly."