[Ethlyn's response to that observation is a sneer, but a genteel one.]
If anyone asks me why so many of the town's young people can't stay out of trouble, I'll know who they should point their finger at.
[When he mentions that his horse has been feeling off, however, Ethlyn can't help but take a little more notice. She's not particularly interested in horses, so she's not sure why... and then he points out the little problem with the building.]
That's--[There was a second story to that building yesterday. Right? No, of course there was; she's not sure why she would think there wasn't.] There was an apartment over that shop, wasn't there? Or am I mistaken?
[A silly remark, perhaps, that Claude is pointing out its very absence. But it seems impossible that someone could just lift it away like it was never there--there would be broken drywall and roof tiles and things, surely?]
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If anyone asks me why so many of the town's young people can't stay out of trouble, I'll know who they should point their finger at.
[When he mentions that his horse has been feeling off, however, Ethlyn can't help but take a little more notice. She's not particularly interested in horses, so she's not sure why... and then he points out the little problem with the building.]
That's--[There was a second story to that building yesterday. Right? No, of course there was; she's not sure why she would think there wasn't.] There was an apartment over that shop, wasn't there? Or am I mistaken?
[A silly remark, perhaps, that Claude is pointing out its very absence. But it seems impossible that someone could just lift it away like it was never there--there would be broken drywall and roof tiles and things, surely?]