Kapitel 672: Bellemare's Office

 It didn't take long for Talbot and Alex to reach the center elevator, from which they would rise to the building's last floor, above ground. The ascension was much longer than the descent, and Alex unconsciously tapped his foot to the elevator's music as they went.

This made Talbot laugh under her breath.

"What's funny?" he asked her, wondering why the sudden hilarity.

"Oh, nothing. I just didn't take you for the type to enjoy elevator music. You're like a polyhedral. So many facets to you, it's hard to grasp who you are."

Alex thought on her words for a moment, before chuckling.

"You wouldn't believe how many facets. Much to my regret, even I don't know," he said, scratching the back of his head.

Ever since he started melding on this side of the veil, he noticed he had developed many strange tics that he could only associate with the many creatures he fused his soul with.