"Are you sure of him?"
"He's my last hope. The alternative is chaos and ruin."
"Not an auspicious endorsement. He is unimpressive."
"He is untrained. Unaware."
"You say there is potentcy in him. I don't see it."
"It only matters that I do."
"But—"
"I have been spotting talent far longer than you, my dear."
"Even so..."
"You know the background."
"Only what you told me."
"Then you know enough. There is potential."
"Unless you wove your web too well, master."
"Too well?"
"What if you extinguished the spark? That was your intent, was it not?"
"It was. Then. Now I must revive that spark."
"I have not known your workings to fail in their intended purpose. Ever. Perhaps no spark remains to be revived."
"We shall see."
"If you're wrong, the risk to him is substantial."
"I know it only too well. But we have no other option. It is a risk we must take. Or, rather, it is a risk he must take, without knowing he takes it."
"I have misgivings."
"Good. You should. So do I. But we do what we must."
"Yes, master."
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Saving Max
ParanormalMax Milton is having a very bad week. Strange encounters with a mysterious cat, an alluring foreign grad student, and a homeless panhandler make the down on his luck barista question his life choices. Being stalked by a shadowy "dark man" with fier...
