"I think that might be gone, too," he says, and then adds, "probably." All his details from Michael are missing pieces and he's just been filling in the blanks just like she's been filling in his sentences. "The fact that this place exists, presumably out of his reach, does not make any sense in the logical realm that I'm accustomed to."

He leans back and blows out an annoyed breath. It's likely he'll swing back into Annoying Child at some point, but for the moment she's got him in the place he's grown more comfortable with as of late.

And it's talking about his terrible parentage. He could take eons on that.

"This--Abraxas--is as 'outside' as my siblings may ever get."