Hayden listened to the one sided conversation. And read over her shoulder when she texted The Wicked Truth. He was glad she was embracing the AI in the house. She had a stalker on her already, the AI was just a tool to utilize the information he had access too. it was helpful enough he might even let him install it at the safe house. Beat any tech that he could buy on the market. He was already inside the perimeter of Nox's drones. Still a thing to get used to.
"I am glad she's alright. And you know you can check in whenever. If you want to schedule that, it's cool with me. Nox likes Monday mornings, right before the week starts so he can get a good start on the week. But for the love of god don't be like Nox and call at 5am cause it's convenient for you." Hayden rolled his eyes. Nox hardly slept, wasn't good for him, but when nightmares plague you you sleep when you don't have nightmares.
"As for what to say. You tell them the truth. You lost your father. You feel guilty about it, because you think his traveling to Moscow is your fault. You've seen monstrous things, haven't we all. If you want to get into details tell them it's a recurring dream of monsters who were human and you had to kill them. They may give you some subconscious mumbo jumbo but the tools will be useful none-the-less. You say you fear being ostercized because of the color of your eyes. You tell them you dream of wolves that talk to you. Don't lie unless you have to. But you don't need to say any of that either. That's why you got me. I'm stressed at work. There's this guy who I upset with something I said. Or my exboyfriend helped me with something and now he's having issues and I think it's my fault. Which Elyse, by the way, it has ABOLUTELY nothing to do with you so don't you go off and think it's all your fault."
Hayden looked around to see who was in ear shot. They all needed to know. He knew Nox would say something but he wanted to know who might come at Nox first. "Some how. Some way. The horde is gone. His fucking demon vacated the building and with it, it ripped a hole in him taking the power of the gods from him. That light, the thing his life revolved around, what he feels gives him purpose is gone. Left him numb. So you want to worry about him. Don't worry about his mental health. Worry about what's he's going to do when someone pisses him off and he has no moral grounding or point of reference to work with."
"I am glad she's alright. And you know you can check in whenever. If you want to schedule that, it's cool with me. Nox likes Monday mornings, right before the week starts so he can get a good start on the week. But for the love of god don't be like Nox and call at 5am cause it's convenient for you." Hayden rolled his eyes. Nox hardly slept, wasn't good for him, but when nightmares plague you you sleep when you don't have nightmares.
"As for what to say. You tell them the truth. You lost your father. You feel guilty about it, because you think his traveling to Moscow is your fault. You've seen monstrous things, haven't we all. If you want to get into details tell them it's a recurring dream of monsters who were human and you had to kill them. They may give you some subconscious mumbo jumbo but the tools will be useful none-the-less. You say you fear being ostercized because of the color of your eyes. You tell them you dream of wolves that talk to you. Don't lie unless you have to. But you don't need to say any of that either. That's why you got me. I'm stressed at work. There's this guy who I upset with something I said. Or my exboyfriend helped me with something and now he's having issues and I think it's my fault. Which Elyse, by the way, it has ABOLUTELY nothing to do with you so don't you go off and think it's all your fault."
Hayden looked around to see who was in ear shot. They all needed to know. He knew Nox would say something but he wanted to know who might come at Nox first. "Some how. Some way. The horde is gone. His fucking demon vacated the building and with it, it ripped a hole in him taking the power of the gods from him. That light, the thing his life revolved around, what he feels gives him purpose is gone. Left him numb. So you want to worry about him. Don't worry about his mental health. Worry about what's he's going to do when someone pisses him off and he has no moral grounding or point of reference to work with."