Cate furrowed her brow and sighed as Azrael expounded on the story. Her eyes drifted towards the man leaning against the wall, What lesson did Siran have for him? Would he listen?

As the Space Sissy rambled on, she gestured with her open hand, palm facing him. stop

On a clear section of note paper, she wrote:

YOU THINK TOO MUCH IN HEAD
FEEL THE ANSWER
NOT RATIONAL

Cate's instinct wanted to summon another story to expedite the process of Azrael's learning, but in the past using stories to understand other stories only led to disaster.

On the desk Cate wrote, SPACE SISSY and drew a heart at the end, paused and then crossed the heart out with a bold X. It wasn't necessarily a message to him so much as a message for Cate similar to thinking outloud.