Truth be told, that thought had crossed his mind, but hearing her say it made him feel much more at ease than any of his own hopes had. "I'm glad to hear that," he said, and meant it. Big things were unfolding in Whitechapel, and it wouldn't do for him to miss them.

Alabaster leaned back in his chair, finishing off the last of his snack as his mechanized limbs folded back into place against his exposed forearms.