Chapter 175: The Matter of Unfortunate Aptitudes
The silence that followed Tommy's pronouncement lasted approximately three seconds.
Then Evander spoke.
"You have very little faith in me," he said.
Tommy turned to look at him.
"Your Grace," he said, with great patience, "it is not a matter of faith. Faith implies uncertainty. This is something else entirely."
"Certainty, then."
"Yes."
"Of failure."
"Of a particular and very specific kind of failure," Tommy said. "Yes."
Evander considered this.
Then he looked to Robin, who had remained standing with his arms folded.
"And you?" he asked.
Robin exhaled through his nose.
"I hate to say it," he began.
"And yet I suspect you will."
"Your Grace." Robin's tone was even. "I cannot, in good conscience, identify a single scenario in which this concludes favourably."
Evander raised his brows faintly.
"Not one?"
