Oh, I don't know about that. I'd say kids are a lot more perceptive than adults give them credit for.
[It's a believable lie, but they are on the Barge. Maybe if they weren't, Philip might have left it alone. He might have just accepted it at face value even if he didn't really believe it. Maybe he would have straight up believed in it after all. But given where they are, he doesn't exactly get the sense Roderick grew up to be a well-adjusted and productive member of society.]
hdu i would never
[It's a believable lie, but they are on the Barge. Maybe if they weren't, Philip might have left it alone. He might have just accepted it at face value even if he didn't really believe it. Maybe he would have straight up believed in it after all. But given where they are, he doesn't exactly get the sense Roderick grew up to be a well-adjusted and productive member of society.]