[You gotta know by now, Billy Joel echoes from somewhere within the depths of his neighbor's room, greeting Stephen as the door flings wide and he finds... not who he was expecting.
The surprise is immediate, though it doesn't last terribly long on the doctor's face, peering in the way a nosy neighbor does when they're looking for something beyond who's cropped up at the front door. A glance past the doorframe, a linger, then back to the stranger at hand.]
Neighbor. [He echoes, with so very little effect.] That's news to me. You live here? With Harry?
don't be sorry, this is amazing
The surprise is immediate, though it doesn't last terribly long on the doctor's face, peering in the way a nosy neighbor does when they're looking for something beyond who's cropped up at the front door. A glance past the doorframe, a linger, then back to the stranger at hand.]
Neighbor. [He echoes, with so very little effect.] That's news to me. You live here? With Harry?
[Surely he hasn't moved out? Disappeared?]