“We shouldn’t tell him. It could cause unforeseen complications and I don’t want to warp him any further.”
“Any further? He thinks he’s one of us!”
“Which is what we intended, dammit! We need him, and to get him to do as we need to, he needs to see every one of us on this planets as one of his own. Do we need to keep going over this again and again? Everything’s still going according to plan.”
“For how much longer? We’ve done well so far, but he’ll start manifesting soon and we can’t keep an eye on him in Immerskedge. We ruined our lives and careers hiding him like this. And we have Katrina, too! Do you realize what they could do to her if they found us?”
“I doubt any of them are still looking. None of yours have ever operated here and what’s left of mine are criminals looking out for their own skins.”
“How do you know? Perhaps someone told someone outside and there are now others looking!”
“And I thought my people were paranoid!”
“This was your idea, remember?”
“Would you rather we had left things as they were? My government would surely have raised him well under their principles and by now we would have become the greatest tyrant in history!”
“Supposition.” A snort.
“But a very likely one. Shall we go home now? I don’t like leaving those girls unattended for so long. Who knows what we could be going home to?”
“Do you know what they’re drinking?”
“Of course. My people told me. Vodka.”
“Figures. Katrina probably asked for it.”
“She is my daughter.”
“Thank God she doesn’t take after you in any other ways.”
“True. But an ugly daughter could be a blessing.”
“Not with you as her father. She would be harder to raise. I’m still trying to get Katrina from drinking from the carton.”
Laughter.
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