“I don’t know. He took you out of purgatory and planted you in this body twenty-one years ago. He told me I needed to condition you because you were to take my place. I resented you for it at first.” He glanced up at the hologram behind me, frowning. “I should have known it was something more when I felt the need to protect you. I told myself that it was because you were mine to torment, and I didn’t want to share your pain.”
