[Takao tilts his head. After this long it's actually slipped his mind briefly that Gilbert, like Lucy, would have never heard of basketball, so he doesn't put his answer in those terms.]
There's only so much you can do with something this small. Spin it around, pick it up - I figure this isn't the time to write letters without a board... "Passing" is my specialty, you know. Why not do that?
[While the sense of "throw" to pass might be completely unknown to Gilbert, it should probably at least obviously stand out as a loanword.]
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[Takao tilts his head. After this long it's actually slipped his mind briefly that Gilbert, like Lucy, would have never heard of basketball, so he doesn't put his answer in those terms.]
There's only so much you can do with something this small. Spin it around, pick it up - I figure this isn't the time to write letters without a board... "Passing" is my specialty, you know. Why not do that?
[While the sense of "throw" to pass might be completely unknown to Gilbert, it should probably at least obviously stand out as a loanword.]