Instead, he turns his head, clucks his tongue for Thot, before answering, "You've gone beyond me," because Silas has. Because Ellis will not unspool his recollection of what happened in the desert for Silas. He would regret it. Ellis knows that.
But after a pause, recognizing that he has fallen short, "I can guess. But you can guess too, and likely more accurately."
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Is not what Ellis says.
Instead, he turns his head, clucks his tongue for Thot, before answering, "You've gone beyond me," because Silas has. Because Ellis will not unspool his recollection of what happened in the desert for Silas. He would regret it. Ellis knows that.
But after a pause, recognizing that he has fallen short, "I can guess. But you can guess too, and likely more accurately."