[Okay, this guy is annoying, but he's fun. Boredom is the enemy, after all, and Pierce is anything but that, now that they're actually engaging instead of sniping. House mentally reviews their conversation and the conversations he's skimmed that have Pierce in them. He just skips past the I, Spy comment.]
you know that story of bach and his son? guy was on his deathbed and the kid was playing scales on the piano nearby didn't play the final note and bach leaps up to hit it i don't like an unfinished melody it's not clean
as for your item it's nothing medical not a clothing item at least not a useful cold-weather clothing item you don't get invested in clothing or tools, either not unless the tool is something you've been working to improve something you built or inherited and improved on it's something you had with you or nearby often enough to feel robbed a project a machine? i'd guess a car or a bike but guys who're in love with their little hot rod or harley don't call them "items" "we" is an interesting term all of your phrasing's interesting there
[House is still working out why and what it actually means, though. Definitely some sort of project. And damn Pierce if he isn't making this just intriguing enough to hold the doctor's full attention. He wants to know, even if the other man isn't going to admit to anything.
Maybe it's some sort of robot? Hand-built. But there's still the 'this item' phrasing. It's almost intentionally deceptive. Pierce is picking his words carefully, that much is clear.]
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you know that story of bach and his son?
guy was on his deathbed and the kid was playing scales on the piano nearby
didn't play the final note and bach leaps up to hit it
i don't like an unfinished melody
it's not clean
as for your item
it's nothing medical
not a clothing item
at least not a useful cold-weather clothing item
you don't get invested in clothing or tools, either
not unless the tool is something you've been working to improve
something you built or inherited and improved on
it's something you had with you or nearby often enough to feel robbed
a project
a machine?
i'd guess a car or a bike
but guys who're in love with their little hot rod or harley don't call them "items"
"we" is an interesting term
all of your phrasing's interesting there
[House is still working out why and what it actually means, though. Definitely some sort of project. And damn Pierce if he isn't making this just intriguing enough to hold the doctor's full attention. He wants to know, even if the other man isn't going to admit to anything.
Maybe it's some sort of robot? Hand-built. But there's still the 'this item' phrasing. It's almost intentionally deceptive. Pierce is picking his words carefully, that much is clear.]