Interim 1: An Echo(8)
"Nothing." I let it hang in the air for a moment, the bait drawing Canis out of his comfort zone.
"Just tell me already. It's not a puzzle without all the pieces, you little shit." He's chuckling a little, but trying to hold it back. It's so rare that I actually know something that he doesn't. Even rarer that he actually gives a damn.
"The girl became a woman, the woman became a corpse. She had died more than a decade ago. Retired well in a large mansion. One of those ones that is it's own building. She received a large lump sum in her early 20s for... "modelling" apparently. Invested it well and never had to work again."
The Professor's face tightens. That expression I can read easily. "You're disappointed? Wanted something with a little more closure?"
"Just tell me already. It's not a puzzle without all the pieces, you little shit." He's chuckling a little, but trying to hold it back. It's so rare that I actually know something that he doesn't. Even rarer that he actually gives a damn.
"The girl became a woman, the woman became a corpse. She had died more than a decade ago. Retired well in a large mansion. One of those ones that is it's own building. She received a large lump sum in her early 20s for... "modelling" apparently. Invested it well and never had to work again."
The Professor's face tightens. That expression I can read easily. "You're disappointed? Wanted something with a little more closure?"