Dutiful Passage
In which Priscilla leaves a message.
Priscilla’s witch-sense offers another perspective on what Val Con’s mind has become: a citadel, ringed around with walls and ramparts that might not be passed, and himself a fire hidden deep in its heart.
Which raises the question: Who built the metaphorical citadel? Val Con, attempting to keep the Department from getting in and prevent them gaining control of his deepest self? Or the Department, to prevent him getting out?