This evening, as Benji and I were having dinner, he turned to me and said "I saw airplane." Okay, actually, it sounded like: "I. Saw. AirPLANE!" This is how the conversation went:
Benji: I saw airplane!
Me: You saw an airplane? Did you see a helicopter too? (I knew he had)
Benji: [pause] Yes.
Okay, it was very short, but this felt like a real conversation. Normally, I would have expected him to just repeat what he had originally said (airplane) or parrot back what I had said (helicopter). Instead, he paused thoughtfully and then answered my question.
Wow.
--Victoria
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