My question was followed by silence.
Lily looked straight at Taylor, as if I didn't even exist, and Taylor just casually poured milk into his tea, stirring it silently.
It was after he'd tasted it and was satisfied with it that he finally looked at me.
"Are you sure you want to know? Ignorance is bliss, have you not heard?"
He didn't need an answer from me; it was rhetorical.
"So, what will you do with the knowledge you gain? And what do you want us to do to you after?"
Another rhetorical question.
"You see, I wonder if you know of ants? An ant from another colony is torn apart if it stumbles upon another colony, unless it has their scent. Wolves also do the same. A wolf may permit another wolf into its den. A deer that stumbles into it does not receive the same courtesy."
My heart thumped.
A threat?
"Nature is full of circles, but I suppose we're not part of your natural order. What I mean, Christopher, is that those who do not belong to a group are removed."
