Because Alistor is a crafty fucker.

More genuinely… they’re not entirely overlapping experiences. Just listening without needing to stare frees room for more consideration or imagination.

There are things that are better on a TV, like a Marvel movie, and things that are better on a radio, like a Douglas Adams story.

Iron Giant

… okay well sorta

Sounds like a good time to take some action before things get to your typical threshold. Spare yourself some pain.

Idk your situation really, just projecting my own struggles.