[He's clever enough, even at this age, to see just what he's getting at but he'll make no comment on it.]

October, you said? I'll be twenty-six then. [Providing he's still alive then. The Watchdogs don't have the longest lives and him, probably shorter.]

That is a good question. [He thinks about Arthur for a moment and then chuckles softly.] I think he would be. He really had no confidence in his work, he could barely believe I'd read his story let alone anyone else. So the idea could give him quite a start!