Edmund Hensley's assistant was still trying to reach Eclipse when Taigi finished speaking.
The contact page had become slow enough that each attempt left her waiting. Across the room, Edmund watched the broadcast with both hands resting on the arms of his chair.
"Mr. Hensley, the conditions..."
"I heard them."
His excitement had sobered as Kaiden explained the bond. Becoming another species, with his life dependent on a dungeon core and the man who ruled it, was a price he needed to understand before agreeing to anything.
She looked toward his wall of windows, beyond which Manhattan glittered around the buildings his money helped fill.
"You would have to be ready to leave all this. But perhaps... I believe those people can leave the dungeon. Maybe you can return."
