It was a curious thing to find the other man laughing in response. Although Philip took no particular offense in it, this was not the usual reaction by most, who preferred to bestow a certain amount of surprise or concerned sobriety upon hearing such announcements. The difference now served as a point of minor interest. Still he'd hardly known the deceased, and in truth, his own view of mortality often possessed a certain levity that others might have found disrespectful. He seldom paused to consider the impact such losses might leave on the lives of those who had known the departed.
"It was a few months back. A body was found by the pool," he said as though he had not been one half of the pair that had stumbled onto the unfortunate scene. "The police were called, and there was an investigation and everything, but I don't think they ever caught anyone. I think it turned out to be someone who worked here." His shoulders lifted in a shrug. Somehow the knowledge no longer held the same unsettling chill it had once carried for him, the following months so uneventful that the tale felt just that, a story rather than a reality.