“Okay, I will,” I answered, moving in that direction. “But one question first, completely off the subject.”
“Yes?”
“Has my father been back recently?”
“Not to my knowledge,” he said, shaking his head slowly. “We’re all pretty good at hiding our comings and goings if we wish, of course. But I think he’d have let me know if he were around.”
“Guess so,” I said, and I turned and exited through the wall, skirting the abyss.