Tom paused, quiet once more. < You can read my thoughts. >

It was a quiet statement, an almost depressed one. Most would have rejected it, but Tom had long ago gotten over not having privacy. Yeerks took that to an entirely new level of invasive. Dani was at least trying to help. < Maybe. I don't believe in happy endings anymore. Jake needs me. I'll keep going. As long as I can. >


He was trying, that was all he could give her.