The Archivist's psychic voice landed into my team's minds with the force of a physical blow. It wasn't an attack of pain or fear. It was an attack of pure, overwhelming, and deeply disappointed authority.
'You are being very, very loud.'
In the dead silence of the library, the thought was slammed like thunderclap.
My Napping Ninjas, who had been on the verge of a strategic slumber, were jolted back to full, panicked awareness.
