Silverlight Terrace reduced to nothing

for a moment, ingram isn't sure he understands the question. did she mean how he came to find the bones in his collection? he gives a small, bird-like cant of his head in contemplation; considering. the silence gives him time to think about his answer, to decode back to when he'd found his first bone and how it snowballed from there.

i came across one and i felt a ...pull, he gives a small pause. from there, the other bones showed themselves to me, and the pieces sort of fell into place. a lofty shrug is given: he has no desire to pick it apart. it was what it was.