Original artwork, not a still
It was his subconscious which told him this – that infuriating part of a person’s brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker describes the subconscious as maddening: it never answers direct questions, only offers small, meaningful-seeming nudges, then hums to itself in silence. There is dry comedy in picturing part of the mind as an evasive bystander that knows more than it will say.
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