That was the thing; it was that Dakin was so knowing, so precise, and Irwin...he really didn't have any defenses for that. But it was beter than the first time. He wasn't as scared shitless, for a start.

He'd come around to the idea.

"Ah, but it isn't, is it? Not quite. Because the result could be so many different things and they'd all come from being here."