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[ Doesn’t it though? Another link in a terrible chain for Algric, at this point.

He jolts a little at that snarl, surprised and a little grateful. ]

He - he just -

[ A gulp of fresh air. ]

I’d stopped to make small talk with Rosie on the way in. Just, you know. Checking on how everyone was doing. If the deal was actually working, you know? Invisible bastard must have been following behind me. Th-that was part of it too, I had no idea when he was or wasn’t there, so I had to assume he always was, and —

[ His fingers tighten on his knees. ]

When I opened the door to his office, it ... wasn’t. It was this awful frozen beach, misty and terrible. I - I can’t have wandered there for long, but it felt like. Much longer. He showed up after me, casually, and asked me how I’d liked my conversation with Rosie.

I s-stopped trying to talk to people after that.