Re: MINUTES LATER
[--It's an unfortunate coincidence.
Before he has time to rationalize it, he's trying to slam the connection closed, pull out of the melody, anything--a kind of struggle he's never put forth before.
And if she's paying attention through the link, she's getting flashes of some extremely unpleasant things that he's only alluded to very vaguely and in passing. Here, details aren't omitted.]