Ghastly might have returned Dad's sideways look, except that Ghastly had never looked away from Him. He wasn't really expecting to see any more of the answer on Dad's face than there would be in His words, but Ghastly just couldn't stop staring at Him anymore. A huge change from earlier, he knew, when he started shaking just by catching a glimpse of the guy out of the corner of his eye.

"Do You answer everything like that?" he asked.

A moment passed, and Ghastly thought about rephrasing the first question. But to what? Something more direct? Did You really flood the Earth and kill everyone?

He... probably wasn't the first person to ask. He couldn't be the first person to directly ask, and fully expect a response.