Arthur didn't seem to pick up on much of it. Or, at least, it didn't appear that he did. He kept his eyes level to what he was doing, where he was sorting things and didn't pay mind to a few lingering stares. What were they going to do to him now aside from a red face and tug at his nerves? Theo really seemed to be the only one interested in the topic, and though he didn't push it like the others did in their silence he felt compelled to respond nonetheless. A few flickers of a glance over to the brunette really seemed to be the only contact his eyes ever seemed to make with him, even in passing. He didn't understand. Didn't see why it was so fascinating to people how he lived and if anything he wanted to be the first one to point out that [i]they [/i]were the odd ones out - not him. Never having gotten anywhere with that argument though it had quickly been retired.

"I don't 'think' it. It's true." Arthur practically sighed his answer to Theo, as though he were truly distracted with what he was doing to really be bothered by any of it. Realistically, he bit back his own irritation and to anyone who actually watched him it was evident. His shoulders tenser than how they usually 'rested', his brows furrowed in the kind of concentration that came about forcing concentration rather than a genuine sort, and he walked briskly back and forth like it were somehow his job to be doing this. And all the while he kept his tone low, forcing indifference despite the fierceness behind it. "It's indecent and immoral and it teaches people the wrong way to be," he began, drumming out each word with more and more intent as he went along. Soon enough, it seemed to really be only Theo that was in earshot of him, surprisingly for the better. This time, when he walked by, he turned his eyes directly to Theo. As if, somehow, he weren't a nineteen year old boy but someone much, much older. He concluded. "Tpo many shows that make kids promiscuous; it makes them violent, and some turn 'em into queers." Perhaps it would have been funny if Arthur cracked a smile thereafter, a hint of showing Theo that he was kidding. But when none came and when he turned away from him, he was every bit as serious as it sounded.