[House isn't going to bother denying that he has an obsessive streak. Anyone here for long enough will pick up on it.
Not a machine.]
a completed project is still a project mr. pedant
[House considers what he's deduced about Pierce once more. Mover and shaker, king-maker or breaker. Chessmaster. People are pawns or other pieces in the game to him. They're 'items.' And this is a very special piece in his set.]
no subject
Not a machine.]
a completed project is still a project
mr. pedant
[House considers what he's deduced about Pierce once more. Mover and shaker, king-maker or breaker. Chessmaster. People are pawns or other pieces in the game to him. They're 'items.' And this is a very special piece in his set.]
so, who's the item
'cause it's a who
not a what