12 ABOUT REALITY
Comfortably sitting in an impromptu waiting room with Brian, John waited for the training lecture to begin. Barney was steadily gnawing at nonexistent fleas while sitting on John's lap. John thought that he was seeing a small level of irritation coalescing in Brian due to the wait. Strangely enough, it seemed centered on Brian's blind eyes.
After about fifteen minutes, the door at the end of the hall-like room opened. A young man, with purple highlights in his dark brown or light black hair, entered the room through the open door. He advanced toward the waiting men and extended his hand for John to shake.
"Hi, my name is Liam. I will be conducting the lecture today," Liam explained. "We are waiting for three more operatives to arrive. When they get here, we will get sta
