The agent sitting next to him, who I’d come to think of as Silent Guy, because other than mumbling thanks on his way in, he hadn’t said a single word, finally did. “It’s really best if you just accept things.”
I wasn’t even close to doing that yet, and I suddenly had an idea. I wasn’t even sure where it had come from, but now that I had it, I couldn’t believe that it hadn’t occurred to me before.