Learn to block casual questions by concentrating on the word stop.
In the past month, the novices had learned to dread his casual questions.
It had been a casual question then, for information.
The talk he'd heard sounded human enough, even if he couldn't understand it, and then came the casual question, What made them different?
That, Telzey thought, hadn't been at all a casual question.
"In a civilized society, a casual question is merely a way to begin a conversation."
He'd been hoping she would think the question pointless and casual.
This was an unexpectedly violent reaction to a casual question.
A few casual questions began to paint a broader canvas.
It had only taken a few casual questions in the right places to learn she was much more than that to him.