222 Drawing her in

Shane expected Talia to be astonished but not that she would call him ill.

It was obvious that his question was weird and frowned upon...but was that enough to think that he was ill?

Shaking his head, Shane thought that it might be better to explain everything clearly.

It was just that he didn't know what to start with.

If he wanted to obtain something and follow his plan, Shane would have to expose the small world within him either way. 

Furthermore, he never planned to have any secrets like that in the first place.

That meant as long as others asked him, Shane would either remain honest, not answer at all or in the worst case, leave out a few details as he did with the Elus race.

He had kept his world seed a secret from the Elus race, calling it a peculiar condition and an anomaly that had been partly true.

Shane was not a saint who hated to lie but in some cases, he found it unnecessary to divulge everything.