“Let's start over," Elowen said, palms around the tea. “You're Colin, and you're… also an Ivor."
“I'm Colin," he said. “My last name isn't on buildings. I'm the young Ivor's physician. We were roommates in college; he trusts me."
“So he sent you instead of a lawyer."
“He sent someone who isn't paid to posture," Colin said. “Harrison said you wanted a business conversation, not theater."
“Good," she said. “I've seen enough theater to last a lifetime."
He waited. Doctors and their waiting.
“You asked how I've been since leaving the hospital," she said. “I'm vertical, eating, sleeping in a place that dislikes humidity and hope."
“Any dizziness. Nightmares. Flashbacks."
“Dizziness when rooms lie," she said. “Nightmares when people do."
He nodded like that counted. “You thanked me earl
