6 Fiore Though I don’t want it to, Dryas’s question lingers in my mind. What do I see for future? I have a future if I want it. And according to Dryas, I have some say in how that future plays out. It’s almost enough to make my head spin. All through the rest of that day and the next, I keep turning that fact and that question over and over again in my mind. Could Dryas be right? Do I unknowingly have some kind of sway over Monster? Has he really developed a soft spot for me? Or is Dryas lying, using his words to make me think one thing when in fact it is another entirely? I’m obviously more inclined to think he’s being untruthful. But like he said, why would he lie? Of course, there is an ocean of things I can’t see about what motivates Dryas. I lie on the couch, a copy of The Odys