"I understand," he said carefully, making an effort to seem as receptive and open as possible. It was difficult not to outright ask that James explain the meaning of all this, but he had made a point at the start not to do so, and would stick to that firmly. "We’ll talk to her tomorrow about lessons, if you like." When it isn’t dark outside and they’re standing on the grounds discussing sign language.
They were both mad. It was official. And all this time he’d had hopes for influencing James – it was now the other way around.