The teen was sharp to pick up on the fact, and Steven felt bad if he had to lie. It couldn't hurt to tell Billy a little bit, right? Not everything, nothing about him and Marc - just a small, generalized piece. A tidbit.

He shrugged. "Well. I guess? It's been more of a recent observation on my part..." A weak gesture followed. "Earth's billions of years old. If people have believed in the supernatural, they may have been around all this time, yeah?"