“Hey,” Fabian started the moment Harold showed him into the study. “Is everything alright?”
“Yes, yes,” Sapiens got up quickly, the girl’s voice lingering in the back of his mind. “Will you get us some water, Harold?”
Harold bowed and left, shutting the door behind him.
“I’m sorry I made you come like that,” Sapiens started, “but I have a very important matter to talk to you about.”
“Did it happen again?”
Sapiens thought about the night before, how he’d lain underneath the stars, curled, terrorized, alone. “No, I’m fine. It’s something else. But I need you to open your mind, alright?”
“It’s something I’m not going to like, isn’t it?”
“No, no, it’s something great, actually! But I need you to give me your full … flexibility.”
Fabian was already building up his defenses; Sapiens watc
