Caspar wasn't sure he could believe his ears, and he wasn't alone. Liam's statement also took Rachel aback, but she had a far easier time accepting it.
Liam could make funny, perplexed faces at times, but he was no clueless child. What Rachel had witnessed in their first, terrifying interaction told her as much.
That man had some quirkiness in him, but he was a beast, one who saw the world as prey. He wouldn't make moves unless they served a greater purpose, and there was something else, something Rachel had kept from her parents.
'Do Tribes have leafing experts?' Rachel recalled that absurd question, one that suggested an even more absurd truth.
Liam had spoken as if nothing in the branching stage could concern him, and Rachel felt inclined to believe him. She had lived her whole life among greatness after all, so she had developed an eye for it.
