A year is perhaps longer to a teenager than a young adult, and the years his family lived close in London with occasional visits were limited to until he was ready to enter the school system.
The first iteration of the confirming question is given a nod, and the second receives a half smile as Benjiro confirms the statement in no uncertain terms, “Yes, I do.” Quieting as Russell covers his mouth to laugh, he gives a light squeeze with his thumb against the shoulder on which his hand rests. Once Russell has a chance to process it, he’ll let his hand slide off and back to his side.
“We don’t understand how the numbers work or why we have them yet, but we’re learning about them and what it means to have one,” he starts in a quiet voice as a simple way to introduce the fact there is more to the numbers than acting as a novel form of communication between a select group of individuals. There are some warnings to impart, but he has to let Russell ask questions to determine how to broach the topics.
As you should be.
The first iteration of the confirming question is given a nod, and the second receives a half smile as Benjiro confirms the statement in no uncertain terms, “Yes, I do.” Quieting as Russell covers his mouth to laugh, he gives a light squeeze with his thumb against the shoulder on which his hand rests. Once Russell has a chance to process it, he’ll let his hand slide off and back to his side.
“We don’t understand how the numbers work or why we have them yet, but we’re learning about them and what it means to have one,” he starts in a quiet voice as a simple way to introduce the fact there is more to the numbers than acting as a novel form of communication between a select group of individuals. There are some warnings to impart, but he has to let Russell ask questions to determine how to broach the topics.