It was so close he could imagine its spherical smoothness in his hands. No matter how strong he would clutch, it will never break. It was a quarter of a whole, yet, for him, it was more perfect than any of the alternatives out there. Zax averted his outward attention from the young woman to the hallway and started walking. The young woman gasped anxiously. Her baby was napping in the nursery and the intruder was proceeding to the hallway. Additionally… She stumbled, fixed her posture and ran, as if hers and the life of her baby depend on it. She passed Zax who was calm and steady in temper, so much that he even moved a bit from her away, else she would stumble a second time. “L- Leave, sir, this home has only me and my son. We have Splinters! Yes, my husband left a sum, until his retur