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"Thank you," Aden said, speaking in Dr Hennessy’s nasally voice

Welcome, Caleb replied with no small amount of pride

Aden took stock The doctor’s body was cold, ery, but underneath the cold and the eer was a rush of power, unnatural power, glittering like that strange, clear mask Aden sometimes saw underneath the doctor’s face

Dr Hennessy wasn’t hulanced at the clock on the wall Thirty-three ot to work He looked through files, but only a feere out in the open and none applied to hi, though

More than human, but no powers

Completely human, but could be useful

Warmer than most Reasons?

Linked

What did that mean? What did any of it mean? The cabinets were locked, and he tried to jimmy them loose so he could read other files When that failed, he searched for a key

The desk was neat, tidy, a few uni but paper clips, rubber bands and pens No photos, no personal notes No booze No snacks And, of course, no key He moved to the bookcases To his surprise, he found hidden drawers at the botto froloves

Adenback in its place so that Dr Hennessy would never knohat he’d done He’d suspect, et into those file cabinets, Julian said That voice recorder he stuffed under your nose ht be in there

"I know Elijah? Any ideas?"

Sorry Drawing a blank

Trying not to drown under a wave of frustration, Aden returned to the desk and fell into the chair If he couldn’t get to the files and the recorder,through Dr Hennessy’s past He still possessed the ability, after all

Eve, though, had been the one to manipulate time She’d merely had to visualize a scene, and she had been able to transport Aden there With Shannon, Aden had had no control He’d sied by an invisible chain Still He would try

"Get ready, guys I’h his eyes"

Elijah groaned I don’t like this

You can do it, hed God help us

Aden closed his eyes, blanked his ht back, painting the dark canvas of his es fro down, staring up at the ceiling Dr Hennessy had been behind him

A spike of dizziness caused his heart to speed up He continued Softhad blurred Darkness had sed hi, strengthening, and suddenly he was falling, whisking through a never-ending pit, ar it, traveling back In control

When he stilled, when the dizziness subsided, he slowly cracked open his eyelids Yet still he saw only…static? There was no office, no desk, no lounge At the very least, he should have seen hi down

He frowned He closed his eyes, shook his head, then looked again Once again, he saw only a void of static, as if the cable had been unhooked fro? Julian asked, and he sounded scared

I see nothing, like when Mary Ann is with you Caleb’s voice treravely So here

"I know" But what? His hands fisted, the answer eluding him He couldn’t picture another scene, because he didn’t know any other details about Dr Hennessy’s life And there were no photos in the roouide

Not knohat else to do, he willed hian to see the office through Hennessy’s eyes Nothing had changed He still sat at the desk, that handful of papers around hi as time ticked away When his session reached its limit, he walked Hennessy back to his chair and sat hi to solid for

There was a moment of suspended silence

Hennessy would know only that ti those ritted out