The following day, when Liliana had fun things like 'thumbs' and 'concepts of phones,' John would be getting a call back.

"Normally I would ask if that is a crying shame for me, since it sounds like I missed quite the party, but it seems this call also came in at a truly ungodly time in the morning, so I'd wager you were correct. Definitely a shame for you, though--now who is this?"