"Lots," Lyra said, before she thought about vetting what she might say to avoid that look. "He reckons everyone in the frat's too indoctrinated to give anything away, and that tracks, right; all silent on the email front. Same for this generation as it was back then, maybe. He reckons Gen Three's mom only exists on paper, that there's nothing really real about her. I thought that was bull cos I've heard how he talks about his mom, but now, I'm not so sure. He's clever. Archer, I mean. Well, Avery's pretty cluey too. But, Archer's clever when it comes to making people believe that other people exist– also I was pretty drunk when he was talking about his mom, that day on the golf course... And maybe he was buying all those drinks so that I would believe everything he said easier? Harder to properly question things after a few free cocktails..."