43. Dying: Listening at Doors
In the moments before his death, he had had plenty about which to think, such as, "Damn, that's a big snake", or "Lily was right – again". However, foremost on his mind was, or could have been, "I wonder if Sybil knows?" He knew – he remembered, on some level, in the face of his silent, fanged death, that she had only ever had two true visions, both about his… Master and That Boy, never him, but…
He had been there, that first time, if not the second. Eavesdropping might have killed him, so many years later, but hopefully she would survive.
