Ren Adisa answered on the first ring.
Not the cautious pause of someone receiving an unexpected call. The immediate pickup of someone who had been expecting a specific call for a long time and had stopped being surprised by when it came.
Hunter Williams, Ren said.
You know my name, Hunter said.
I read Adaeze Nworu's story the morning it published, Ren said. I have been waiting for you to find me since. He paused. What took you so long.
Hunter almost said something and then decided the question did not need an answer. How did you know I would find you, he said instead.
Because the story describes someone building a case against the fourth tier structure from the outside, Ren said. And I have been building the same case from a different angle for three years. There are not many people
