It was quite odd. Even if Theron managed to figure out that a Space Mancer might be targeting him, that wasn't enough to misdirect them.
"You're asking for something quite important," Theron replied.
"Is this your way of telling me you want to exchange information? Did I not just tell you quite a lot?"
Theron's head tilted slightly as he scanned the little girl from head to toe.
"It seems like you need my help for something. But honestly, I do not need you. Whether you tell me now, or I find out in the future, is only divided by how much risk I'll take on in the short term. And I've never been afraid of risk."
"Fair." Sadie nodded, seemingly not taking offense. "Honestly speaking, once I tell you, I know for a fact that you will decide to stay."
There was a flicker in Theron's eye. There was only one reason he would ever make the conscious choice to stay after all of the chaos he had just stirred.
His family.
