“You weren’t lying the other day, were you? Rand is a good man.” “Yes. He very much is.” Grayson regards me for a few seconds. “And thanks to you, more people will get to see him the way I’ve seen him.” “You think so?” He nods, thoughtful. “You put a big crack in that mask of his, and right in time. The strain of wearing it was getting to him. I think your confrontation in that meeting was the last time he could convincingly tell that lie.” I shift, turning toward him. “Yeah?” “He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, and I wonder how he’s never stumbled. Even in that meeting, he
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