[ If only. If only he was staying up too late playing video games. His hesitation in answering is definitely odd, though, as he mentally smacks himself to tell himself to get it together. ]
A little bit of both? [ Man, even to his own ears he is not convincing. ] Maybe they go hand in hand... I might need to cut back on the screen time.
[ A beat, as he tries to think of a way to change the subject. Or at least navigate it somewhere he can handle better. ]
Except then I'd probably end up staying up too late reading comics, so maybe it's a harder problem to tackle than I thought...
no subject
[ If only. If only he was staying up too late playing video games. His hesitation in answering is definitely odd, though, as he mentally smacks himself to tell himself to get it together. ]
A little bit of both? [ Man, even to his own ears he is not convincing. ] Maybe they go hand in hand... I might need to cut back on the screen time.
[ A beat, as he tries to think of a way to change the subject. Or at least navigate it somewhere he can handle better. ]
Except then I'd probably end up staying up too late reading comics, so maybe it's a harder problem to tackle than I thought...
[ yeah that'll do it ]