...You think it's that simple? [Asking honestly, rubbing at his brow.] I don't know. I haven't thought about it until now. Maybe... Maybe I-- [There's a sharp, sudden hiss as the Other interjects, and he listens for a heartbeat, tilting his head.]
...The Other... is still attached to him. [And he spits out those words, his mouth twisting into a sneer.] They'd bonded. It didn't find me first. [He wishes it had.]