Ah yes. Skul was here.

Gene knew why, of course, and he'd been expecting this. Once Bianca had disappeared, he knew it was only going to be a matter of time before Skul made sure he wasn't going to lose his mind and murder anyone again.

But if he wanted to start with small talk, that was fine. "Most of it," he said. "The foundation and the layout, I had some help on." He was no architect, and the kedan had been helpful, but he'd constructed it mostly himself.