"You really need to stop talking like that. You are an old man talking to me in my consciousness. You can drop the pretentious speech and say what you have to say. Because I am already tired of adults using me for my powers, but acting like their age makes them superior somehow."
I always wondered why do older people feel the need to talk like that? It's not even efficient, it's just annoying. Is it a disease you get when you turn fifty?
"I can still hear your thoughts, remember?"
Crapidy crap!
He clears his voice, obviously disagreeing with my choice of words. Well, that makes two of us.
"My bad for pointing out the obvious. Now can you continue please?"
He takes a deep breath and looks me directly into my immaterial eyes. And for a second I see the pitty and guilt shining in them.
