The Rift. All of this nonsense had to do with that damn, creepy rift. There were also doppelgangers involved...those weird other dimensional versions of people in the real world. Apparently Lee’s boyfriend had run afoul of his other-world version and drama had ensued.

To be completely honest, Tarin didn’t give a shit about the details. It didn’t matter what or how the what had happened. Someone from the other side had threatened Lee’s...boyfriend and they had thought that there was enough danger to plan for the worst.

Lee had performed admirably, whatever ire she had towards his noseness had been contained in the interest of cluing him in for their son. Tarin didn’t know why he had thought anything else would happen. He wouldn’t dig for more.

”I’ve heard whispers from the spirits. Customs isn’t as good at keeping them on their own side as they are normal folks. An overabundance of caution is probably warranted.”

What else was there to say?

”Thank you for that…” he said softly, ”Let me know what I can do to help...anything.”

The fact that Tarin said their caution was likely warranted only confirmed that Lee was right to worry. She knew what Tarin’s powers were, and though he had always tried to spare her from the details of what he actually saw and heard from them, Lee knew that he saw how they had died.

And if those images had made Tarin think that it was smart to be overcautious regarding people from the other side of the rift, it only made Lee worry about Blaine being on his own even more.

As Tarin thanked her, Lee nodded. Before, there would be nothing she needed to say to that, though before he wouldn’t have to thank her for telling him about something like this. But because of that, Lee wasn’t exactly sure what to say in response.

”I can’t think of anything that we need help with right now,” Lee replied after a few moments. ”But I will keep that in mind and let you know. I just wish we could know whether it was safe for him to come back or not.”