"Thea." Liam finally breaks the silence. They are on their way back.
"Hm?" Theo answers, half present.
"How do you keep meeting with Teacher Theo?" Liam cannot hold the question in any longer.
"Hm?" Theo turns to look at him.
"I mean, it seems to me like you already have his knowledge. And yet I have never seen you alone, or left with enough time, to actually learn it from him. How is he doing it?" Liam's eyes stay on the road, but his mind is clearly elsewhere.
Theo looks at Liam for a moment. Then back at the road ahead.
"Liam. There are things I simply cannot tell you. I have my own reasons for that. But I do not want to lie to you, or to the rest of Rhaenas." Theo says. "Can you accept that answer, for now?"
The light in Liam's eyes dims slightly. "Yeah. I can do that." He answers quietly. His grip tightens on the steering wheel, but he says nothing more.
