“What is on your mind, Jonah?” he asked. “What is the root of the burgeoning mass of tension and disquiet within you?”
Jonah stared at Jonathan, but steadied his mind. The fact that he hit the nail on the head only annoyed him further. “Nothing much, sir…I mean, if there is nothing bothering you, why the hell should I worry?”
“Meaning?”
“Meaning,” said Jonah in a rather sharp voice, “that we are being roughed up from all sides, like in a damn maelstrom, or something, and you are nowhere in sight! Lockman is interviewing people we know, and he's probably hardcore with his interrogation techniques. And Creyton? He could be threatening to topple everything in existence for all we know, and you, our so-called Guide and mentor, only bother to show up long enough to sabotage a damned door. I
