Trip rolled his eyes. “Trust me, there is no need for that.”
“Trust ain't really high up on the list of things I feel for you, Rivers,” said Patience. “You've already knocked me out once.”
“True,” said Trip. “It won't happen again. It only happened in the first place…my whole plan only happened in the first place…because people wouldn't give me a platform for change. So, yeah, I tried to wrest it by force. And now, since you've got everyone here, you will now know why.”
Before things went any further, Jonah drained half of the electrical power in the estate and willed it to his hands. His own ethereal bonds exploded, and he, too, was free. Some people jumped, but Jonah simply stood up. Trip regarded him, cautiously.
“I'll be damned if I sit on my ass while you stand,” he grumbled. “You
