When I got back to my place in Boston, it was the evening after they released me from custody. Time rolled on just the same in the lab as it did on Earth.
I took a seat on the sofa, gazing ahead at the balcony.
There was one crucial thing that had changed from the time I left Earth to the moment I arrived on it again.
I felt like there was a goal again. There was more to learn. More to explore. There was a challenge.
I also felt strangely normal again, more human. That's when it hit me—I felt anger back in the lab, and I feel anger now. I'm furious about what The Lord did with Olivia.
How could he do this? He played games with people.
However, none of those emotions seemed to surface in my mind when I was back at the police station or when I first spoke with The Lord in the car.
And at that exact moment, I understood.
I understood the side effects of the Somnus Veri!
