[There is silence, except for what appears to be the faint sound of a pen on paper. Silence again. A brief, quiet and skeptical "Hmmmm." Pen on paper again. A few more moments pass, and finally...]
I live in Sardinia, but I'm not telling you exactly where, okay?
[On his end, he's making the uncomfortable, self-conscious face of a kid who gets that a lot. But this is a voice call, so what effectively happens is that, after a few moments of silence, he says:]
It's not weird to be careful when you're talking to strangers.
Well, yeah, we can. But kids don't like to each other so much, I think. Like, it's normal to lie to adults to get out of trouble or something. But kids don't get a lot from lying to each other, unless you're tricking someone into giving you something I guess.
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Um... Can you give me a minute?
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[There is silence, except for what appears to be the faint sound of a pen on paper. Silence again. A brief, quiet and skeptical "Hmmmm." Pen on paper again. A few more moments pass, and finally...]
I live in Sardinia, but I'm not telling you exactly where, okay?
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You're kinda weird, huh?
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It's not weird to be careful when you're talking to strangers.
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... Not that I think you are! But if someone wanted to be really careful, they might not trust you just because you sound like a kid.
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[Hmmm. Maybe duck kids just don't lie as much as human kids. That seems to check out, frankly.]
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It's a secret.
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Are you up to something?
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[And there's definitely no reason to doubt that after all that's been said!]
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I think I'm going to hang up now.