They avoid me, all of them. I'm left to follow behind, wondering what I've done. At least the dog hasn't abandoned me. But even Beckett gives me a wide berth.
It's Dauphine who finally speaks to me. She has joined us, as she threatened Genki she would, guided by one of Beckett's people. When she slows to walk with me the other leaves her. I reach for her, take her hand and feel her shudder as I do.
"What happened, Trio?" She links her arm in mine. "No one will say anything. It was something terrible."
"It was." I'm disgusted now, afraid myself for what I've done. "One of the guards. He attacked me. I touched him and... he dissolved." There's no other way to describe it.
Dauphine gasps, stopping abruptly, pulling her hand free from my arm. "Tell me exactly what happened."
I describe it
