บท 483: Leaving the Sect of Hedon

"Young King? Young King, what happened to you? Are you all right?"

As Daneel was immediately thrown out of the vision right after the last word exited the Emperor's mouth, he heard Drakos's concerned voice in his head.

Heaving a sigh of relief on seeing that his voice no longer contained that change form before, he said, "Oh, I must have just overexerted myself and fainted. What was the last thing you remembered me doing?"

After a pause, Drakos said, "Me? I remember that you were counting something, and then…you must have fainted, because I don't remember anything else. After all, when your consciousness is not awake, I cannot do anything either. Was I saying something befo-"

"NOPE! Err…nope. You weren't saying anything. Now, let's go out for a stroll."

Just as Daneel was about to head to the door after interrupting Drakos in this way for safety, he came upon the large pile that he had been counting before.