[He doesn't meet Day's eyes, just pulls his own hand away from that touch to clench it into a fist in his lap. If Day looks closely, he'll see that Phil's hands are shaking.]
... I'm all right.
[There's something sharp underlying those words, such a painfully obvious lie that he really doesn't know why he's even trying to tell it in the first place. But if nothing else, it should hopefully signal that this isn't a subject he wants to discuss right now, not when everyone's eyes are on him like this.]
no subject
... I'm all right.
[There's something sharp underlying those words, such a painfully obvious lie that he really doesn't know why he's even trying to tell it in the first place. But if nothing else, it should hopefully signal that this isn't a subject he wants to discuss right now, not when everyone's eyes are on him like this.]