Paige had gone back to lay on the couch, after whispering to Meier that they would talk another time and that he should pretend nothing had happened.
She didn't want to risk anything, so she put the earphones back into her ears and listened to lectures she was unable to comprehend at the moment anyway.
Now it was essential to not let James know that she was aware; they could all live in peace as long as James didn't do something to harm anyone, including Jamal.
Meier was luckily the most obedient, or maybe he was just uninterested as long as she said it wasn't necessary for now, but he went back to read.
Paige stared at what Jamal continued to build, meanwhile contemplating whether she should erase the traces of the black monster in his other artworks. Ultimately, she decided to let it be; she didn't want to show more attention to it in case Jamal had noticed it already, and would discover it if a black puppet or a black bead was taken away.
