“Why are you creeping around?” Neil asked, prompting the others to turn as well. “How long have you been there?” “Long enough to realise that Nik doesn’t properly appreciate a shadowy flight into the world of a man who does not exist.” “What does that mea—” Dustin started to ask before Neil cut him off with a hand gesture. “No,” Neil said in the firm tone of a dog trainer. “Do not ask.”