"Oh, always," Phil agreed with a serious look that would've gone over much better had he not been fighting off a smile at the same time -- for as serious as life had turned him, he could still be mischievous at times. Like now.
Or a lot of the time, honestly, around here.
All the same, he wasn't going to try guessing how it could be worse. He wasn't going to tempt the fates, thank you very much. He'd done enough of that in life.