“Sure I did,” Malone said. “I had to stop it.”
“We were forced to make you stop him,” Sir Lewis said. “But we also let him teach you his abilities.”
“So I’m an experiment,” Malone said.
“A successful experiment,” Sir Lewis added.
“Well,” Malone said dully, “bully for me.”
“Don’t feel that way,” Sir Lewis said. “We have—”
He stopped suddenly, and glanced at the others. Burris and Lou stood up, and Sir Lewis followed them.
“Sorry,” Sir Lewis said in a different tone. “There’s something important that we must take care of. Something quite urgent, I’m afraid.”
“You can go on home, Malone,” Burris said. “We’ll talk later, but right now there’s a crisis coming and we’ve got to help. Leave the car. I’ll take care of it.”
“Sure,” Malone said, without moving.