[The pause lasts too long. Hubert would be willing to accept that he completely failed to pick something that would capture Lif's interest - but if that's all it was, Lif would have said so. If it was a matter of insulting Lif, then he simply would have expressed that as well. He isn't a man to shy away from such things, nor take his time to carefully consider how to word such a thing, so what does this pause signify?

Hubert waits. He doesn't interrupt because whatever's going through Lif's mind must be quite important to earn a look of surprise like that.]

It stood out to me.

[How, exactly, he's not sure he can describe without sounding insane. It would be easy to lie about it, but...

But for some absolutely bizarre reason, Hubert doesn't want to. So though the answer is crazy, perhaps it's worth sharing.]

...It almost felt... familiar. As though out of all the books I could look through, this one was the right one. I suppose you could call it a gut feeling, but I've never been one to act on such a thing.

[It was something more than that, he's sure of it.]

Why do you ask?