"Who said I stayed?" Genesis laughs, the pitch of it meaning it carries around pretty easily. "I was with the ranks for many years, and when they betrayed me, when I learned how I came to be... What was there to keep me?"

And with his departure, things began to fall apart. Secrets come out. Strings unravel. He knew now he was the pebble starting the avalanche.

"Now, let's talk less of me and discuss how uncommon you are. One need not look long to know you are your own form of spectacular."